Helping others
Compliment others
A compliment can brighten someone's day, perhaps even their week, and sometimes they'll even remember it for the rest of their days. Compliments are important for healthy relationships, it allows you to connect with the people around you by letting them know what you think they're doing well in.
This week, we want you all to compliment the people around you; be it your friends, family, a bus driver, or your waitress, the possibilities are as vast as the people on this earth. Try to give at least 5 compliments every day this week. If something doesn't come to you right away, don't lie or wait and skip to the next person, stop and look, give a sincere compliment and feel good about it.
Part two of this week's project is to learn how to accept compliments graciously. By doing so, you'll learn not to deny yourself the enjoyment of the compliment by passing it off like you don't deserve it. To accept a compliment all you need to say is "Thank you", that's it. If you have a habit of continuing the sentence with something negative, try returning a compliment instead.
Do a good deed
How many of you have complained about how rude society has become? Be part of the change and be polite to strangers. Your project this week is to do at least one thing each day that will benefit someone other than yourself. This could be something very simple or difficult, it's completely up to you although you know that we love when you guys challenge yourselves.
If you're having trouble figuring out where to start, check out
The Good Deeds Organization, where giving thrives.
Be Supportive
If you see someone in need, give them a helping hand. Give advice to people who need it, you can start by visiting our very own advice sub-forum. To be a compassionate person is to be a giving and supportive person. Now this doesn't mean you must give your things away, the easiest thing to give is your time and (positive!) opinions to a person who could be feeling quite lost. If you know of any of your family and friends that are going through a hard time, be there for them.