To add to my last post on how you can help people in need, I thought about some easy things you can do to help people in need. Most of it will be only helpful today, but even helping today is great, even if tomorrow will be as bad as yesterday again.
If you are in a position to provide long-term help to those people, you already know that as well as what you can do for them. So this post is for those who aren’t.
Without further ado, here are 7 easy things you can do to help people in need:
Give them some money! If you find someone who can not fulfill their most basic needs, give them some money if you can - what will not be much to you will make a real difference in their life today.
Smile at them! Not only at the poor guy above, but at everybody! As long as you are in a higher emotional state as they are, a smile will make them feel better instantly.
Listen to them! And I really mean listen - without judging them or giving them advice they did not ask for. The most impressive text I’ve ever read was from The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey, where he shows what a difference it this can make. When I read this text, I still have tears in my eyes!
See through their eyes! Really, try to see the things the way they see it. Feel how they feel. Understand why they do so. Only when you do this, you can really understand them, and when you understand them, you have already be of help to them.
Give them a hug! A hug is the easiest way to express your love for a person. And you can really love everybody. Another piece that still brings tears to me is Juan Mann’s free hugs campaign and how many others were inspired by this idea. Here’s the video:
Help them with something they can’t do themselves! It must not be something huge - what might be little for you can make a huge difference to others around you.
Appreciate their results! When they succeeded to do something, or even did it better than last time, appreciate their results. Even if it might be something you could’t do that bad even if you tried to, for them it might be a major accomplishment. And they will be happy if someone notices.
If you have additional ideas on how to easily help others in need, have a hard time with it, or want to share your own story to inspire others, please use the comment form or send me a private message using my contact form.
This is an awesome list! Something one should read every morning before they go out into the world! If we were to do these things, it really would rub off and others would do them as well. A smile is really contagious!
January: That’s a great idea, and exactly the point: Inspiring others by what you do.
This may come to you as a surprise, but yes, you are to do these things, and it will rub off to others if you do. So go and read this list every single morning
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by Stephen Covey, where he shows what a difference it this can make. When I read this text, I still have tears in my eyes!
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This is an awesome list! Something one should read every morning before they go out into the world! If we were to do these things, it really would rub off and others would do them as well. A smile is really contagious!
January: That’s a great idea, and exactly the point: Inspiring others by what you do.
This may come to you as a surprise, but yes, you are to do these things, and it will rub off to others if you do. So go and read this list every single morning