January 25, 2021
SURPRISES
Every surprise has one thing in common: the recipient can't control it. Surprises are 100% decided by the giver. Sometimes the giver is bad luck, like a flat tire. Sometimes the giver is an unkind person, like the guy who puts a dent in a parked car and drives off. In any event, we can't decide the surprises we get, but we can decide on the ones we give. This week, our simple helps are dedicated to surprising others in ways that add joy to the world.
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For the week of January 25 - January 29
Actions: The Simple Helps to remember
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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Read Full PostJanuary 18, 2021
STICKS AND STONES
...may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. A counterpoint to this famous saying is the fact that, growing up, everyone learns the words to it. Maybe we "doth protest too much" with a whole saying about how words can't hurt. They often can. But there's good news in that. It means our words matter. We can change people's day and even change their life with our words. This week, our simple helps are about being encouraging and respectful on purpose. We all know people who've seen their share of sticks and stones, let's use our words to heal them.
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For the week of January 18 - January 22
Actions: The Simple Helps to remember
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Read Full PostJanuary 11, 2021
THANKLESS WORK
Thankless work is even tougher than hard work. We've got an "appreciation meter" deep-set in our hearts and minds. And it's impossibly difficult to feel motivated for long when that meter is running at zero. But there's a secret way to hotwire the appreciation meter, and gain way more bandwidth in the process. Telling others you appreciate them! We work better together, and thankless work can be made into thankful work by... anyone, including us. This week, our simple helps focus on making everyone's work more fulfilling by being thankful for it.
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For the week of January 11 - January 15
Actions: The Simple Helps to remember
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Read Full PostJanuary 4, 2021
REVOLUTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS
Our Earth made it all the way around the sun again! That's a great reason to resolve that this year will be better. How much of that is luck? A little of it, sure. But most of it is what we decide to make of this year. If we can resolve to make our own lives better (starting a diet, going to the gym, reading new books...), then we can resolve to make the lives of others better too! And bonus, we can resolve to help others in 5 minutes or less! That's way less time than it takes to go to the gym. Let's go help somebody this week and commence the best year ever.
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For the week of January 4 - January 8
Actions: The Simple Helps to remember
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Read Full PostDecember 28, 2020
NOW WHAT?
Last week may have been a flurry of continuous activities and celebrations, or it may have been quieter than previous years. Either way, the holiday season ends this week, creating a feeling of "now what?" 2021 is almost here. It's an opportunity to move on from the frustrations (or maybe even build on the progress) of 2020. The answer to "now what?" is ours to provide. We can't know what's coming next, but we can know how we will face it. Let's head into the New Year choosing to help each other.
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For the week of December 28 - January 1
Actions: The Simple Helps to remember
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Read Full PostDecember 21, 2020
SPECIAL TIMES
Tomorrow night, Monday, December 21, Jupiter and Saturn will be touching each other in the night sky for the first time in almost 800 years. The last time it happened, Genghis Khan was at the height of his power and the people of England were implementing the Magna Carta. Special times are made special because they're so rare. And although it may sound sentimental, it's a fact that there's no time as special as the times we have with people we love. They only come once, and each one is more precious than the rarest moments that happen in the night sky. Let's love each other this week. Merry Christmas.
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For the week of December 21 - December 25
Actions: The Simple Helps to remember
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Read Full PostDecember 15, 2020
HOLIDAYS
In the final stretch of the year, it's easy to get so busy that it's hard to stop and remember why we're busy. It's because we're making plans and buying gifts for people we love. It's the extra effort to make time for friends and family, and to make that time special. Reconnecting in simple ways (like this week's simple helps!) is a good way to pause and appreciate the holidays. One of the best ways to avoid letting these moments slip by is by making them more special for those around us.
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For the week of December 14 - December 18
Actions: The Simple Helps to remember
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Read Full PostDecember 7, 2020
ON BEING CHEERY
If they gave awards to each month, December would get the title of "Cheeriest Month." And that's good news for our goal of making the world a better place. It's easier when we're cheery. But no one (with the possible exception of Santa Claus) is cheery all the time. There are moments of car trouble, people cutting in line, and needing a nap we can't have. Those are moments of opportunity. We can be good solely as opportunists, or good in all moments, even when it's hard to be. This week, our simple helps revolve around being good on purpose, to create cheer where none would otherwise be found.
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For the week of December 7 - December 11
Actions: The Simple Helps to remember
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Read Full PostNovember 30, 2020
END OF AN ERROR
We're entering into the last month of 2020. It was a year with so many oddities that it sometimes felt like living through a historical error. It wasn't only error, though. There were bright spots of love and kindness. At times, 2020 felt like long and unbroken periods of discouragement. But times like these make every act of simple help shine that much brighter. This year may have had some errors, but we're balancing the ledger every time we choose to help. So let's go help somebody this week!
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For the week of November 30 - December 4
Actions: The Simple Helps to remember
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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Read Full PostNovember 23, 2020
THANKSGIVING
Thanksgiving is an old-timey word that became the name of a holiday. Unless you have buckles on your shoes and hat, it's unlikely that "thanksgiving" is a word you'd use to describe a state of mind. But that's what it is! A thankful heart makes it easier to serve people. Gratitude creates a desire to bless others. Let's celebrate Thanksgiving (both the holiday and the state of mind) by making life better for the people around us.
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For the week of November 23 - November 27
Actions: The Simple Helps to remember
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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Read Full PostNovember 16, 2020
WISE WORDS AND SIMPLE HELP
The simple helps this week are based on wise, famous words! Inspirational quotes and real-world acts of kindness are two sides of the same coin. They couldn't look more different, but they are two components of the same thing. Inspirational quotes create a stirring in the heart. They make us want to be better and to do better, too. Real-world acts of kindness -- those moments where we are simply helping someone out -- usually feel more like discipline than inspiration. But it is action that changes the world. Wise words can inspire us with how the world needs us. Simple help can meet that need in ways that actually change the world. Without both sides, after all, a coin isn't worth what it could be.
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For the week of November 16 - November 20
Actions: The Simple Helps to remember
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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Read Full PostNovember 9, 2020
CELEBRATE!
One of the great traits of humanity is our capacity -- our nearly irrepressible compulsion -- to celebrate. Halloween, Thanksgiving, the holidays as a whole... people just agree with each other, "we should celebrate this day!" The earth revolved around the sun another time since you were born? Celebration! Bring out a big dessert and put candles on it! This week, the goal is to tap into our innate celebrative nature. There are holidays that you may or may not know about this week, leading up to a denouement of World Kindness Day! We have so much to celebrate.
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For the week of November 9 - November 13
Actions: The Simple Helps to remember
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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Read Full PostNovember 2, 2020
NO FEAR IN LOVE
Whether you're excited for Election Day this week, worried about it, or (very likely!) both... it'll be a big week for America. Leaving politics out of it, uncertainty can lead to fear, and anger often follows close behind that fear. How to fix it? We can love our neighbor. There's certainty in love: certainty we're doing the right thing, certainty we're helping, and certainty we won't let fear win. Let's be proactive in loving people this week, and leave no room for fear.
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For the week of November 2 - November 6
Actions: The Simple Helps to remember
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Read Full PostOctober 26, 2020
THERE YOU ARE!
A very wise person once said, "There are two types of people. Those who walk into a room and say, 'here I am' and those who walk into a room and say, 'there you are!'" That second type of person is the best! And we have the choice to be that type of person, it's not a trait decided for us at birth. The simple helps this week are all practical ways to say, "there you are" with our actions. When we focus on others instead of just ourselves, our world gets bigger and so much better.
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For the week of October 26 - October 30
Actions: The Simple Helps to remember
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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Read Full PostOctober 19, 2020
BETTER TOGETHER
Someone once said, "Shared joy is double joy, and shared sorrow is half sorrow." And I'm sure you've found it to be true if you've ever shared either of those emotions. But why is it true? One reason might be that we were made to function best as part of a community. Going it alone is like going without food; we can do it for a while, but not forever. It's not a weakness, it's a source of strength. The simple helps this week will make us stronger and better together, because shared joy is double joy.
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- 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 October 19 - October 23
Actions: The Simple Helps to remember
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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