GIVING

Today is known as #GivingTuesday all around the world.

It comes off of the heels of BLACK FRIDAY and CYBER MONDAY.  Two days set aside for buying consumer goods.  Today is all about GIVING....primarily money.

I'm even in on this one.  With running the 2018 Boston Marathon, I'm raising money and awareness for ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL (click ➤➤ link to donate).

But what if......

What if GIVING wasn't just associated with one day?

What if GIVING was something we intentionally did every day?

What would GIVING look like to you?

When I started being intentional on having my BEST YEAR YET, beginning in November of 2014, I had a business coach friend of mine ask me, "How do you quantify that?  How can you measure if you are successful?"

I told her, "I want to laugh more.  I want to smile more.  I want to GIVE more."

So what if we all were intentional with #GivingEveryday?

It doesn't have to be just money.  It can be.

It can be:

• A listening ear
• A shoulder to cry on
• Scooping snow for your neighbor
• Mowing your neighbor's yard
• Buying coffee for the person in line behind you, and those behind them
• Ringing the bell at the Red Kettle
• Being a Secret Santa to someone who wouldn't otherwise have gifts
• Picking up trash in your neighborhood
• Inviting others into your home for a meal
• Going down to the local shelter and serving in anyway that they need you to
• Being an encourager
• Bringing HOPE to someone in need
• Loving your neighbor BETTER than yourself
• Doing the dishes (if you're not the one who normally does them in your house)
• Bringing a meal to someone who can't get out
• Help set up the chairs at church
• Help tear down the chairs at church

This list could go on and on.  There is no shortage of what you can do.

Get creative and make it a goal to do something...even if it is one thing, every day, that is not about you but about something you can do for others.

Let's not limit ourselves to #GivingTuesday.  

Instead, let's purpose to have #GivingEveryday.