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IT GETS EASIER 

The first day of a diet is hungry work. The first trip to the gym is hard work. But the first steps towards being a person who tries to find ways to help? It can be exhausting work. But it gets easier. It's not just that forming a habit makes it easier to continue. It's the good feelings, the happy memories, the positive reinforcement! It's more fun to do something... fun! There are few things more fulfilling than helping those around us. It's hard to start, but it gets so much easier the more you do. 

• Monday -  Tell someone “don’t give up!”
• Tuesday - Help someone resolve a frustration they have with a person or situation.
• Wednesday - Tell someone that they have a beautiful smile! 
• Thursday -  Let someone else have their way without putting up a fight about it.
• Friday -  Do your best to calm someone’s fear.

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RAIN OR SHINE

Plants are inspiring. It's raining? Plants are having a good time. Sunshine today? Plants are happy. We tend to wait on the sunshine times of life to be grateful. It's in our nature. Why are plants different? They've got roots that are ready and waiting for the rain. When we see people going through the storms of life, it's a good time to make sure they're rooted with friends and family. We can be those roots for people who are having tough times and feel like they're getting carried away by them. When we're all putting down roots together, it makes enjoying the sunshine even better.

• Monday - Make a list of five people you will encourage before the week is out.
• Tuesday -  Be intentionally kind to someone in both speech and action.
• Wednesday - Make no assumptions about what someone is trying to say; ask questions, get clarity.
• Thursday -  Be someone’s cheerleader.
• Friday - Tell someone about simple.help.

Be awesome. Make someone's day. Share this with your friends. Join the rest of us this week and go help somebody! To see each day’s Simple.Help in your Facebook feed Monday through Friday click here and hit “LIKE” or follow Simple.Help on Instagram!

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Social Media

Is social media a good thing or a bad thing? It depends on the people who use it and the words and the kindness they share. Tools that connect hundreds of millions of people can magnify the effects of our social connections in a powerful way. This week, our simple helps are focused on using those tools for good! We can use social media to help people without being face-to-face with them. We can be the people that make social media a good thing. 

• Monday -  Post a kind word on a teacher’s social media.
• Tuesday - Post a kind word on a relative’s social media.
• Wednesday - Post a kind word on a first responder’s social media.
• Thursday -  Post a kind word on a leader’s social media.
• Friday - Post a kind word on the social media of a person who would be most surprised by that.
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Be awesome. Make someone's day. Share this with your friends. Join the rest of us this week and go help somebody! To see each day’s Simple.Help in your Facebook feed Monday through Friday click here and hit “LIKE” or follow Simple.Help on Instagram!

Abraham Lincoln once said, "I don't like that man. I must get to know him better." He knew a secret that can help us all. Feelings follow our actions. It would be nice if we felt love for those around us at all times. But that's not reality; life is full of stress and emotional triggers beyond our choosing. How should we deal with that? If we can be as wise as Abe Lincoln, then we'll choose to reach out rather than close off. Help people this week in personal ways. You'll find you like them and the world around you much better.

• Monday - Relay an overheard compliment.
• Tuesday - Hear what someone says, but consider what they mean before responding.
• Wednesday - Learn someone’s name (especially if you should already know it) and commit it to memory.
• Thursday - Jot a little note of thanks to someone who will be surprised by it.
• Friday - Do something for someone who never could repay you.

Be awesome. Make someone's day. Share this with your friends. Join the rest of us this week and go help somebody! To see each day’s Simple.Help in your Facebook feed Monday through Friday click here and hit “LIKE” or follow Simple.Help on Instagram!

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Lao Tzu said something two and a half millennia ago that remains equally true today: "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." Whether it's a geographic destination or a personal goal, the whole journey is ...big. It's too big to think about all at once. That's a major contributor to the stress we all face every day. How can we get it all done when it sometimes feels hard just to put one foot in front of the other? That's where our wise, ancient friend solved the riddle. It's that first step that changes everything. In fact, that first step is the only way anything can change at all. Anyone can take a single step, and this week we can do it, too. Each of our Simple Helps this week is the first step towards making the world a better place.

Don't Forget:

- You can reference Simple Help using "@gohelpsomebody" on FB, Twitter or Instagram.

- Add the hashtag "#simplehelp" to any related post on social media. Use it, and the whole tribe of helpers can easily see ways we are making a difference!

• Monday - Do your best to calm someone’s fear.

• Tuesday - Tell a parent what you appreciate about the way they parent.
• Wednesday - Put $5 in an encouraging note and hand it to someone who could be encouraged by that kindness today.
• Thursday - Go out of your way to show someone respect.
• Friday - Donate a bag of perfectly good items that you are not using to a local charity.

Be awesome. Make someone's day. Join the rest of us this week and go help somebody! To see each day’s Simple.Help in your Facebook feed Monday through Friday click here and hit “LIKE” or follow Simple.Help on Instagram!

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Do, or do not, there is no try...
Master Yoda spoke those words to Luke Skywalker in a Dagobah swamp; it was a long time ago in a galaxy far away, but the words still hold true. We often focus on the action these words encourage -- the "do" -- but there's a second part to the phrase we overlook. Sometimes avoiding an action, or an error, or a mistake is just as valuable. "Do not" is oftentimes the wisest course to take. This week's simple helps all focus on ways to "do not" and make the world around us a better place.

- You can reference Simple Help using "@gohelpsomebody" on FB, Twitter or Instagram.
- Add the hashtag "#simplehelp" to any related post on social media. Use it, and the whole tribe of helpers can easily see ways we are making a difference!

For the week of July 19 - July 23

Actions: TheSimpleHelps to remember

• Monday - Don’t complain.
• Tuesday - Don’t nag.
• Wednesday - Don’t procrastinate.
• Thursday - Don’t interrupt.
• Friday - Don’t be defensive.

Be awesome. Make someone's day. Share this with your friends. Join the rest of us this week and go help somebody! To see each day’s Simple.Help in your Facebook feed Monday through Friday click here and hit “LIKE” or follow Simple.Help on Instagram!

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WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME...

Each day comes with opportunities to create memories. And we (usually) get a choice on how good those memories are. When was the last time you had a moment you look back on fondly? It's almost certainly a moment you shared with someone else: a kind exchange with a stranger, a choice to give time to a friend instead of being too busy, or maybe just some encouraging words. For those moments and all the other good ones, "when was the last time?" is a question that brings joy with the memory. For those same moments, "when is the next time?" is a question that offers hope for the future. "When is the next time?" is the question that can change lives, and it's the question we can answer this week. We can create fond memories with simple help this week.

- You can reference Simple Help using "@gohelpsomebody" on FB, Twitter or Instagram.
- Add the hashtag "#simplehelp" to any related post on social media. Use it, and the whole tribe of helpers can easily see ways we are making a difference!

For the week of June 28 - July 2

Actions: The Simple Helps to remember

• Monday - Tell someone who ought to know - “You made my day.”
• Tuesday - Make a helpful introduction. There is someone you know who should get to know someone else you know!
• Wednesday - Make someone smile today; bonus points for making them laugh.
• Thursday - Apologize to someone. You know to whom.
• Friday - Wish someone a Happy 4th of July Weekend!

Be awesome. Make someone's day. Share this with your friends. Join the rest of us this week and go help somebody! To see each day’s Simple.Help in your Facebook feed Monday through Friday click here and hit “LIKE” or follow Simple.Help on Instagram

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PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

When we see a star athlete performing at the top of their game, we can think "they make it look easy." And they do. But it takes years and years, and thousands of hours, to make it look easy. And that practice benefits the future goal, even though it doesn't benefit anyone too much while it's happening. Helping people gets more effortless with practice too! We can start to make it look easy when we get enough practice in. One huge difference: the practice we put in now benefits the people around us. Whether we are practicing kindness or have become champions of kindness, the world is better for it.

- You can reference Simple Help using "@gohelpsomebody" on FB, Twitter or Instagram.

- Add the hashtag "#simplehelp" to any related post on social media. Use it, and the whole tribe of helpers can easily see ways we are making a difference!‍

For the week of June 21 - June 25

Actions: The Simple Helps to remember

• Monday - Listen to someone without having to add your own story to what they’ve said.
• Tuesday - Learn something new and share it with a friend. You can start here.
• Wednesday - Let someone have their way without rolling your eyes or sighing.
• Thursday - Ask someone to tell you about their pet.
• Friday - Lighten the mood; engage someone with a joke. Don’t know any? Here you go: JOKES.

Be awesome. Make someone's day. Share this with your friends. Join the rest of us this week and go help somebody! To see each day’s Simple.Help in your Facebook feed Monday through Friday click here and hit “LIKE” or follow Simple.Help on Instagram!

CHOOSING PRESENCE

Our lives are so full of distractions that it starts to feel normal. It feels so normal that we even look for distractions when nothing is calling for our attention. It can start to feel unnatural to just be ...present. Being present in the moment with someone else means we're choosing to be there; we're choosing presence over the distractions with which we've grown comfortable. This week, our simple helps are focused on choosing to be present with people, rather than letting those moments get stolen by distractions. Life and relationships are more fun when they get our full attention.

- You can reference Simple Help using "@gohelpsomebody" on FB, Twitter or Instagram.

- ADD THE HASHTAG "#SIMPLEHELP" TO ANY RELATED POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA. USE IT, AND THE WHOLE TRIBE OF HELPERS CAN EASILY SEE WAYS WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE!

For the week of June 14 - June 18

Actions: The Simple Helps to remember

• Monday - Look into the eyes of the person talking to you.
• Tuesday - Invite someone to sign up to be part of the Simple.Help family at Simple.Help.
• Wednesday - Offer encouragement to someone who is going through something you’ve been through.
• Thursday - Ask someone, “What can I do to help you?”
• Friday - Wish a great dad a Happy Father’s Day Weekend!

Be awesome. Make someone's day. Share this with your friends. Join the rest of us this week and go help somebody! To see each day’s Simple.Help in your Facebook feed Monday through Friday click here and hit “LIKE” or follow Simple.Help on Instagram

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GOODNESS IN ACTION

"First, do no harm" is a rule that doctors try to live by. But if it was the only rule, they wouldn't help people very much. Doctors can avoid injury with inaction, but they can only help with action. When we help people this week, let's choose to go beyond inactive goodness. If we just avoid harming people, that's a fine start. Yet, it's being actively good that changes lives. So let's first do no harm... but we don't need to stop there. We can do so much more with our action than with our inaction. Let's actively make the world a better place.

- You can reference Simple Help using "@gohelpsomebody" on FB, Twitter or Instagram.

- Add the hashtag "#simplehelp" to any related post on social media. Use it, and the whole tribe of helpers can easily see ways we are making a difference!

For the week of June 7 - June 11

Actions: The Simple Helps to remember

• Monday - Pass along a little wisdom that you’ve learned from someone else.
• Tuesday - Ask someone to tell you about one of their best days ever.
• Wednesday - Jot a little note of thanks to someone who will be surprised by it.
• Thursday - Respect another’s schedule, show up on time.
• Friday - Ask someone you don’t know, “How’s it going?”

Be awesome. Make someone's day. Share this with your friends. Join the rest of us this week and go help somebody! To see each day’s Simple.Help in your Facebook feed Monday through Friday click here and hit “LIKE” or follow Simple.Help on Instagram!

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PANDORA'S BOX

Remember Pandora? Before it meant streaming music, she was a girl with a box from the Greek god, Zeus. According to legend, she opened the box and the evils of the world escaped. War, sickness, famine... all out of the box with no way to undo it. But one thing was left. Hope. Great legends stick around because they carry a timeless message. In this case, the message is one that we get to carry. It's a message of hope. We can't "undo" the evil in the world, but we can do good that overcomes it. Pandora's box is open, and the world needs messengers of hope like you to give the story a happy ending.

- You can reference Simple Help using "@gohelpsomebody" on FB, Twitter or Instagram.
- Add the hashtag "#simplehelp" to any related post on social media. Use it, and the whole tribe of helpers can easily see ways we are making a difference!

For the week of May 31 - June 4

Actions: The Simple Helps to remember

• Monday - Pray for someone missing a loved one who died while serving in the military.
• Tuesday - Help someone resolve a frustration they have with a person or situation.
• Wednesday - Tell someone “don’t give up!”
• Thursday - Buy a cup of coffee or soft drink for someone.
• Friday - Tell someone that they have a beautiful smile!

Be awesome. Make someone's day. Share this with your friends. Join the rest of us this week and go help somebody! To see each day’s Simple.Help in your Facebook feed Monday through Friday click here and hit “LIKE” or follow Simple.Help on Instagram!

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PLANS

Plans are fun to make. It's all exciting promise and possibility when we're planning. Executing the plan is different. That requires work. It doesn't have to lose the excitement, though. Even though there's more work involved in our action than in our planning, it's far more gratifying to experience. Planning to do good things is a dreamy kind of excitement, but it's not very fulfilling. Doing the work, actually helping people, that's the kind of gratifying excitement that no plan could ever match.

- You can reference Simple Help using "@gohelpsomebody" on FB, Twitter or Instagram.

- Add the hashtag "#simplehelp" to any related post on social media. Use it, and the whole tribe of helpers can easily see ways we are making a difference.

For the week of May 24 - May 28

Actions: The Simple Helps to remember

• Monday - Step out of someone’s way.
• Tuesday - Promise yourself to tell the next unsolicited caller you hear from that you wish them well and hope they will have a nice day.
• Wednesday - Promote someone else’s good ideas and give them the credit!
• Thursday - Send an email or text to check on someone feeling under the weather or going through a tough time.
• Friday - Let someone else hold the TV remote.

Be awesome. Make someone's day. Share this with your friends. Join the rest of us this week and go help somebody! To see each day’s Simple.Help in your Facebook feed Monday through Friday click here and hit “LIKE” or follow Simple.Help on Instagram!

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HALF FULL

You know the old saying. Pessimists see the glass half empty, optimists see it half full. That's true as far as it goes, but it assumes a static situation. One that we can't do anything about. Yet, most of the time, that's not how life works. Our days are so full of interactions with each other. And people (unlike glasses) are either getting fuller or emptier in any giving situation. This week, let's not just see the glass half full; let's try to help make sure we are adding to other people's lives. Even the most dogged pessimist may see a glass full when you've undeniably added help to a life that needed it.

- You can reference Simple Help using "@gohelpsomebody" on FB, Twitter or Instagram.
- Add the hashtag "#simplehelp" to any related post on social media. Use it, and the whole tribe of helpers can easily see ways we are making a difference!
For the week of May 17 - May 21

Actions: The Simple Helps to remember

• Monday - Wear or use a gift in the presence of the one who gave it to you.
• Tuesday - Allow someone to help you.
• Wednesday - Tell someone you love that you are proud of them.
• Thursday - Use a marker to write an uplifting word/drawing on a rock then put the rock back where you found it to be a random encouragement to someone.
• Friday - Tell a story about someone being awesome. Make sure that person you are talking about is there to hear it.

Be awesome. Make someone's day. Share this with your friends. Join the rest of us this week and go help somebody! To see each day’s Simple.Help in your Facebook feed Monday through Friday click here and hit “LIKE” or follow Simple.Help on Instagram!

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WISDOM OF THE YEARS

What is it that people of the older generations have that we're missing? The wisdom of experience. There's a saying that the master has failed more times than the student has ever tried. A lot of the wisdom passed down to us from the generations before us is based on living and learning lessons we've never experienced. This week, we can choose intentional kindness based on some wise old sayings. To do it, each Simple Help is based on one of those wise old sayings! Let's help people this week by borrowing some wisdom from the past.

- You can reference Simple Help using "@gohelpsomebody" on FB, Twitter or Instagram.

- Add the hashtag "#simplehelp" to any related post on social media. Use it, and the whole tribe of helpers can easily see ways we are making a difference!

For the week of May 10 - May 14

Actions: The Simple Helps to remember

• Monday - “If you can’t say something nice don’t say anything at all.”
• Tuesday - “Deal with the faults of others as gently as your own.”
• Wednesday - “Be wise - do as much as you should, knowing that might be less than you could.”
• Thursday - “Sometimes a smile can be like a drop of water in a desert.” Smile at someone today.
• Friday - “It isn’t the mountains ahead that wear you out - it’s the grain of sand in your shoe.” Help someone with a little thing.

Be awesome. Make someone's day. Share this with your friends. Join the rest of us this week and go help somebody! To see each day’s Simple.Help in your Facebook feed Monday through Friday click here and hit “LIKE” or follow Simple.Help on Instagram!

THIS WEEK IS GOING TO BE GREAT!

We can decide more about this week than this week can decide for us. While we can't control everything that happens, we can decide how life looks this week. We can decide to be hopeful instead of pessimistic. We can be kind to those who aren't kind to us. We can be givers instead of takers. It may not always be easy, but it’s definitely simple. It's a simple choice to decide to make this week as good as it possibly can be for you and those around you. As for making it easy? That's why we're all reading this together. It's a whole lot easier and better doing life together than going it alone!

- You can reference Simple Help using "@gohelpsomebody" on FB, Twitter or Instagram.

- Add the hashtag "#simplehelp" to any related post on social media. Use it, and the whole tribe of helpers can easily see ways we are making a difference!

For the week of May 3 - May 7

Actions: The Simple Helps to remember

• Monday - Tell someone, “You matter.”  And check out this site: youmattercompassionproject.com
• Tuesday - Encourage a senior citizen with a letter. Visit lovefortheelderly.org
• Wednesday - Put a positive comment on someone’s social media post.
• Thursday - Prepare a packet to give to the next homeless person you meet. Helpful inclusions: Bandaids, Chewable multivitamins, Lip Balm, Sunscreen, Tissues, Toothbrush/ toothpaste, Socks, Wet Wipes, Beef Jerky, Breakfast Bars, Peanut Butter Crackers, Dried Fruit, Tuna/Chicken Salad Cracker Kits, Water (Include a note with this website address:  needhelppayingbills.com
• Friday - Tell an awesome mom “Happy Mother’s Day Weekend”.

Be awesome. Make someone's day. Share this with your friends. Join the rest of us this week and go help somebody! To see each day’s Simple.Help in your Facebook feed Monday through Friday click here and hit “LIKE” or follow Simple.Help on Instagram!

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