1. Say
"Good morning" to a person standing next to you in the elevator.
2. Pay
the toll for the driver behind you.
3. Offer to
pick up groceries for an elderly neighbor, especially in extreme weather.
4. Give a
homeless person your to go box.
5. Put a coin in an expired meter with an occupied
parking space.
6. Help a mother carry her baby
stroller up the stairs, or hold a door open for her.
7.
Each time you get a new item of clothing, give away something old.
8.
Bring your assistant coffee.
9. Out of
the blue, send flowers to a friend.
10. When you're on a crowded train or bus, offer your
seat to an elderly, disabled or pregnant person.
11.
Let a fellow driver merge into your lane.
12. Offer to baby-sit for a single mom.
13. Call
or write to a teacher who changed your life.
14. Bring a box of doughnuts to share at the
office.
15. Forgive
someone a debt–and never bring it up again.
16. Write
a note to the boss of someone who helps you, and explain how great a job that
person is doing.
17. Throw
away your trash—and someone else's—after a movie, picnic or visit to a park.
18. Encourage
someone who seems despondent.
19. Volunteer
to take care of a friend's dog while he is vacationing.
20. Offer change when the person in front of
you at the register comes up short.
21. Pass along a great book you've just
finished reading.
From the December 2000
issue of O, The Oprah Magazine.
