Feb 18 2009
Show You Care - It’s the Little Things That Count
Do you know someone who may be down on their luck? Maybe they’ve been hit hard financially, or maybe taken some hard emotional hits.
Perhaps you know someone who is having some tough times with a relationship, or struggling with the realities of being single again.
You want to do something for them so they know someone out there cares about them, but you yourself don’t have a lot of room in your budget. What can you do?
Lots of things! It doesn’t have to be something grand or 
expensive. Truly, some of the best ways to show you care are simple and cost little to nothing.
Here are some ideas of little things:
- For a Coca Cola addict, find a good sale on a 12 pk and leave it where they are sure to find it - either anonymously or with a short note.
- For a needed laugh, maybe send your friend to Cathy
- Does your family have a season pass to a museum or to a nature center? Does it allow guests? If so, invite someone to join your family who might otherwise be alone that day.
- Do you have an extra vase? If so, buy one long stem flower and surprise someone with it. Not for a special occasion, but just because.
- Call someone who is special to you and tell them how you feel - just because.
- Is there a chore you know someone really doesn’t like to do? Don’t just offer to do it for them, surprise them by doing it without even being asked!
- Maybe you have some of your stuffed animals or even Beanie Babies from years past just sitting in storage boxes. Do you know a child who may not have much and would appreciate a soft toy to play with?
The very best thing about doing something for another person, no matter how simple or inexpensive it is, is that it makes you feel good too!
Have you ever had the chance to do something little or simple for someone else? Or, maybe you’ve been the reciepient.
Do you agree that sometimes the little things can make the biggest impact?
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Those are some great ideas. I’m all about the cheap and thoughtful gifts.
Yes, I have been the recipient of good things at a time in my life where I had to choose between groceries or prescriptions. It was so humbling and so wonderful to know that someone actually realized I was struggling and made the effort. In my case, the person usually had surprise grocery items and ocassionally a case of Diet Coke sitting on my dining room table when I got home from work on Friday. These acts of kindness I will never forget. Interstingly, the person who was the giver I perceived to have a greater need than myself. That too was humbling and awesome.
I find there is a great blessing in giving and receiving. I prefer to give, but would never know how wonderful it was to be thought of in such a kind way had I not been in a place of need.
You know, until LynnRD mentioned it, I had completely forgotten one of the most wonderful things anyone has ever done for me. I had just lost my job and was having no success finding another, and had five children under 10 - and to top it off, their father had just moved out on his own and left me to deal with it all myself. An online friend asked for my mailing address so she could send me a report I needed for a job. Instead, two days later, I opened the door to a UPS delivery - a box that contained an entire week’s worth of groceries, including many special treats that her own children - the same age as mine - had picked out especially for their counterparts.
There are so many wonderful people in the world, and I’ve been blessed to know many of them.
Great post . . . when my husband passed away, someone anonymous left fresh cut flowers at my door every day without fail for a really long time. It was a time when I was in bad need of a smile and just knowing that someone cared . . . I never found out who did that for me.
It meant so much to me . . .