One Life Can

Instead of stepping over that sweater on the floor in the aftermath of a crazed department store sale, pick it up and set it on table. Better yet, bring it to the counter or dressing room area. Unless you’re in retail yourself, skip folding it. You’ll just mess it up and the associate will have to fold it again anyway. Just picking it up off the ground is enough to keep someone from leaving a footprint on it and either forcing the store to mark it down or leaving someone irked when they don’t notice it until they get it home.

It costs around $12,000 for a baby’s first year. Yikes! Help a parent out by tucking $10 in between some diapers at your local store. Be sure to leave a little note congratulating the parents and leaving them some encouraging words. Just think…that was your mom and dad not too long ago. Okay, longer for some of us than others. I’m still young at heart and that’s what counts. Now I’m off to go play some tether ball. So there.

Wow, you really can buy a lot with a dollar. Here are some more ideas. Leave little treasures around your local dollar-store. Grab a few single dollar bills then leave them tucked around the store. This is especially fun to do with your kids. I bet you walk out with a few things yourself. Don’t forget to pay for them first, though.

I know those needles are scary. But each pint of your blood can save 3 lives. Count ’em. Three! That’s three more people out there who could be doing mindful acts of kindness. Most hospitals will let you donate every 90 days. That means every year you could literally save 12 lives. Isn’t that worth the little pinch? Plus, they’ll give you a cookie and maybe a juice box. Score! They might even give you a latex glove balloon if you’re really being a baby about it.

It’s July. The sun is blazing hot. Yet those hard-working construction folks are out on that searing asphalt. Bring out some cold bottles of water or a refreshing pitcher of lemonade to help them beat the heat.