Pay it Forward!

Sometimes you just need a little way to say "Atta Girl" either to yourself or to someone in your life.  Here are some things that cost almost nothing but may make a huge difference in your and some else's life today:

1. A new tube of chapstick - your lips will be ready to utter a thank you and a kiss (if appropriate).
2. An ice cream cone - because it is winter, this would be a real treat.  No one thinks to just drop into Baskin and Robbins when it is minus several degrees.  You will make yourself and the server happy.
3. A movie ticket on cheap Tuesday - okay with taxes, it may be over $5.00 but not by much and you will have about 90 to 120 minutes of escape into an on screen adventure.
4. A sandwich from a bakery.  They are often cheap and better than in a restaurant.
5. Leave an extra $5.00 tip at breakfast - because you can make yourself feel good and the breakfast server happy.  Remember, the servers at breakfast work harder than those at dinner but because the meal is cheaper at breakfast, so is the tip.  Always over tip a breakfast server.
6. A roll of Lifesavers (or two or three) because you can share them, they keep and everyone remembers eating Lifesavers as a kid.
7. Paying for the coffee for the guy in the car behind you.  By the time he or she finds out that their coffee is paid for, you will be gone.  It will just make you feel so good.
8. A few stamps.  Now you can address a letter to your loved one - in fact you can buy a $1.00 card and the stamp and send your love through the mail.  Everyone loves getting something in the mail that is personal and NOT a bill.
9. A book that is in the sale bin or on line and under $5.00.  Just because it is cheap does not mean it is not good reading.  In fact, take you $5.00 to a book sale and you can get a small bag of paperbacks for the beach.  Go at the end of the day, don't be too selective, and that small bag may just be a huge shopping bag. 
10. Something that you get or give just on impulse - a hug is a a huge reward.  

It is not the size or the value of the reward but the recognition for doing the right thing.

Photo credit:  Vanilla Ice Cream Cone

Valerie Zinger  valeriezinger@gmail.com 

Ottawa, Canada      613-859-7759