January 24, 2011

85 Ways You Can Make Others Happy

1. Deliver a meal to someone you know who is sick or having a rough time.
2. Do a household chore that is usually done by someone else in the family.
3. Call your parents, friends and relatives often and let them know you miss them.
4. Compliment someone on his or her appearance.
5. Surprise someone with gifts on an ordinary day like a book, DVD, card game or other small gifts that you know the recipient will love, and wrap it up for them.
6. Bring cookies and sweets to work.
7. Let someone cut in during rush hour traffic.
8. Ask a co-worker for his/her opinions and advice on a project.
9. Wave someone looking for a parking space, when you’re about to leave a shopping center.
10. E-mail a friend some information about topics or news they are especially interested in.
11. Be especially happy for someone when they tell you their good news.
12. Invite someone to bowling, swimming, or something else fun and active.
13. Forgive someone when they apologize.
14. Ask someone if they’ve lost weight.
15. Collect some photographs of friends and family, and put them into a mini photo album. You could either try making your own from card and ribbon, or use an online services such as to upload photographs and get a mini album printed.
16. Serve your spouse breakfast in bed.
17. Write an encouraging note to others who have encouraged you or who need encouragement.
18. Make a donation to a charity in someone’s honor.
19. Personally welcome a new employee at work and offer to take them out for lunch.
20. Tell someone you thought about them the other day.
21. Put a dime in a stranger’s parking meter before the time expires.
22. Bake a cake for a neighbours, friends or relatives on their special days.
23. Send some flowers to your partner at work.
24. Send a copy of an old photograph to a childhood friend.
25. Recommend a good books to others.
26. Donate clothing to a charity.
27. Offer an elderly person a ride to where they need to go.
28. Volunteer time to supporting your local church or charity.
29. Donate blood.
30. Offer free baby sitting to a friend who’s really busy or just needs a break.
31. Help your neighbour rake leaves or shovel snow.
32. Offer your seat to someone when there aren’t any left.
33. Help someone with a heavy load.
34. Once in a while get up early and prepare breakfast for your family or housemates or even dinner.
35. Give your place in line at the grocery store to someone who has only a few items.
36. Hug members in your family for no reason.
37. Wave to a child in the car next to you.
38. Write a note of “thank you” to someone who has helped you or done something for you. It could be to a parent, a child, a colleague, a friend, cleaning staffs at work or even the helpful assistant in your local store.
39. Repeat something nice you heard about someone else.
40. Leave a joke on someone’s answering machine.
41. Be a mentor or coach to someone.
42. Forgive a loan.
43. Send funny pictures to your friend's - mail and make their day happier.
44. Tell someone you believe in them.
45. Give someone some movie tickets. They will be happy especially if its for some movies they have been dying to see coming out in the theaters.
46. Welcome new neighbors with flowers, food or a plant.
47. Remember birthday or anniversary dates of your close ones or friends, and make sure you call them to wish and send gifts no matter where you are.
48. Ask a friend if they need anything while you’re out shopping.
49. Ask a child to play a board game and let them win.
50. Ask an elderly person to tell you about the good old days.
51. During bad weather plan an indoor picnic with the family.
52. Send a card to your friend or family member letting them know what a good friend and family they are.
53. Compliment someone on their cooking and politely ask for a second helping.
54. Dance with someone who hasn’t been asked.
55. Tell someone you mentioned him or her in your prayers.
56. Give children’s clothes to another family when your kids outgrow them.
57. Deliver extra vegetables from your garden to the whole neighborhood.
58. Kiss and cuddle or compliment often your spouse and regularly buy unexpected little gifts. Share your triumphs and your troubles with them.
59. Call someone’s attention to a rainbow or beautiful sunset.
60. Compliment a coworker on their role in a successful project.
61. Take a friend out to lunch or invite her to your home for a meal.
62. Be genuinely interested in in your friends' lives, hobbies, children. Everyone wants to feel their friends care about them, their loved ones and what interests them.
63. Tell someone which quality you like most about them.
64. If you feel like being more adventurous, throw a party for several of your friends and put smiles on a multitude of faces.
65. Return your shopping cart to the front of the store.
66. Encourage someone’s dream no matter how big or small it is.
67. Pay for a stranger’s cup of coffee without them knowing it.
68. Leave a love letter where your partner will find it.
69. Ask an older person for their advice.
70. Offer to take care of someone’s pet, house or water the plants  while they’re away.
71. Tell your children often how much you love and admire them and you’re proud of them and show them you will do anything to help them.
72. Visit a sick person, or send them a care package.
73. Hold a door open for someone walking behind you.
74. Share a jokes with others to make them enjoy.
75. When we really listen to someone it does make them feel special and believe we truly value the person.
76. Give someone a recording of your or their favorite music.
77. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
78. When you say, “I’m sorry”, look the person in the eye.
79. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.
80. Organize a neighbourhood cleanup and have a barbecue afterwards.
81. Help your child with a school project
82. Ask for the recipe after you eat over at someone’s house.
83. Complement the oldest or ugliest person you see every day.
84. Smile at the first person you see  in the morning and wish them a great day. Not only for people you know, but also for strangers on the street.
85. Call your spouse just to say, "I love you".

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