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Summertime and the living is easy

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Summer time seems to bring out the best in people. I have seen many occasions over the past several days where people are helping one another. My husband says he isn’t seeing much change in people’s behavior with the better weather. I am not sure if I am spending time in different places or just looking for it where I am.

717) My kids are at their summer camp and I donated a box of great items that I thought the camp could use for their art projects and music tents.

718) Last week, I had a meeting for next years volunteer job as coordinator of the Entertainment Books for our school. Even though I am a volunteer, I do enjoy the work around fund raising events.

719) Thought of someone I know who might be able to utilize the same fundraiser for their organization and called both parties to give them each others information.

720) I attended a seminar and afterwards I sent my positive feedback to the presenter.

Of course we all like to get good evaluations. I believe that taking the time to send someone your evaluation is considered an act of kindness, but what if the feedback isn’t so positive? Should you share it and in that case would it be an act of kindness? If you have beneficial suggestions and you can share it in a way that is helpful then you should share it and then it would be an act of kindness for the recipient. Especially if there is someway they can improve for the future.

721) Met someone at a coffee shop today looking for work. She was a young woman in her early 20′s. I suggested she join some appropriate networking groups to meet new people and gave her some local suggestions. She was appreciative of the suggestions.

Many mitzvahs given and received this week

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I was able to give and receive multiple mitzvahs this week.

585) Today when I was at the dry cleaners, the owner mentioned she was looking to redesign her business cards with a new logo. I told her I had a friend who is an artist. I called my friend to give her the information and she told me just last week she was thinking she hadn’t created a logo recently and was hoping to get to soon. Definitely synchronicity in life.

586) Volunteered at school yesterday.

587) Agreed to do the neighborhood campaign for the American Heart Association. I took care of it this week, although I am not sure my neighbors will be all that receptive since I had just sent them the March of Dimes neighbors campaign last month. Oh well.

588) Complimented a man on his hat and tie. He was smiling ear to ear after that.

589) Heard that a friends brother had died after a long illness. I sent her a card to let her know I was thinking about her.

590) I received a wonderful compliment from a colleague and friend. I sent her a thank you not to tell her how much I appreciated it.

591) I was speaking to a client who is going through a rough time. I suggested an agency that I thought could provide some needed counseling. I gave her the phone number as well. I will follow up in a few weeks to see if she was able to contact them.

592) My daughter and I were out celebrating her birthday. She saw a check drop out of the waiters hand and quickly got it and followed the waiter to give it back.

593) Met a client who was looking for some work. I thought of someone in the community who might need her services and left that information in hopes it will lead to a connection between the two people.

Here are some mitzvahs received this week:

The compliment from my colleague.

My husband and I were both quite sick last weekend and missed a prominent Bar Mitzvah celebration in our community. Several people called to inquire when they didn’t see us there. It made us feel cared about when people called to check that we were okay.

I left my calendar in the coffee shop last week and a man came out to ask if I had done so. I was so relieved since my calendar literally is my life and it would have been terrible to misplace it. I thanked him profusely and told him I promised to pay it forward.

Passing on information mitzvahs (not the gossiping kind)

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I wonder if other people think about this. You tell someone you will share some information with them, but then you get busy and forgot or expect that they will call you for the information. This year, I have tried to be  more proactive and really follow through whenever I offer to help someone with some information. I think this counts as doing an act of kindness. In fact today, after a meeting, my colleague ran into someone she knew and in their short interaction she said,” Oh I should tell you more about such and such.” I suggested she actually follow up with her friend so that she can be more proactive in sharing that important information.

579) Made a suggestion to another patron at a coffee shop today where he might be able to meet his client since there were no seats left for us to sit down.

580) I gave a suggestion for a colleague of who she should contact about a project she was doing.

581) Volunteered in the school today.

582) Called someone looking for some information and left that information for her on voice-mail. (P.S. I heard the following week that both parties had connected and were thrilled at the chance to meet each other.)

583) My kids and I were at the supermarket today and they cleaned up the coffee area. One of the employees noticed and thanked them for their help. Sure beats the days when they used to pull stuff off the aisles and beg for food items I wasn’t prepared to purchase.

584) Helped a older man at our synagogue locate his grey coat in a dark coat room among several other identical looking coats.

I received a mitzvah today a thank you note from a coworker. It was hand written, heart felt and wonderful to receive!

Sharing information mitzvahs

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570) I attended a meeting yesterday for our upcoming green market at school and in honor of the spirit of this event I gave gifts to the committee members of very cool recyclable shopping bag.

571) Met a colleague today and thought she might want to meet another woman so I left a message to connect them.

572) Called a friend to see how she was doing, she’s had a rough year with her health.

573) The founder of our company died 10 days ago. I had only briefly met him once personally but he was a legend within our company. His son is still one of the VP’s of our company. I sent a condolence card to his son.

574) A mom at our school had recommended a book to me that I absolutely loved. I found her the other day to thank her for the awesome recommendation.

575) I made a suggestion to a colleague about something that she found very beneficial.

576 & 577) At the gym the other day, I got off the machine early so a stranger could have her turn sooner. Later that same woman, rushed off the machine and was running to the bathroom. I let her go before me as well. We laughed that our timing was funny that day.

578) Gave money to a street vendor with the Street Roots newspaper.