Look for Opportunities to Help

This is my first post on this site. I hope you enjoy it. Today I learned about the importance of looking for opportunities to help those around me. We have a neighbor who recently lost her husband due to a number of health problems. My wife and son went up the hill to take her some cookies to show our support. They found her sweeping the leaves off her walkway. Comments and offers were made. They came home and told me about it. I immediately headed up with my blower in hand and my son with the rake. We worked for maybe two hours and cleared most of her front yard of leaves. She appreciated our work very much. What wasn't said was how good she must feel to have neighbors willing to support and help her during this time of need.

Each of us could probably find an opportunity to help someone else out every day. If you have children living with you, these opportunities will come on a minutely basis. One way I make sure to help at least one person each day is to "let someone in" to the flow of traffic as I'm driving. This might seem like a little thing. But part of my whole reason for writing these posts is to help others see the power of doing the little things in life. Once we see the power in our own small sphere of life, imagine if your little good deed was multiplied many times over. Traffic jams would be relieved, the need for law enforcement would be greatly reduced. I could go on and on.

Look for opportunities to help others around you. You can make a difference in someone else's life (however small) and your own problems will fade into the background for a moment. Make a habit of helping others and you might just find some of your problems have gone away for good.

Start today.