LOVE this email i received

With only 52 days remaining til Christmas day I am so thankful to Sam Lloyd for taking the time to send me this email!!! It is the only one I have received so thank you for your input and for opening my eyes to many daily acts of kindness I can participate in. I love everything about this.... Read for yourself....

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Your blog got me thinking about what 'service' is. I've realized that it's more than just doing things for people, but ultimately it's about helping people feel good.

Our lives, as humans, come down to the emotions we experience. When we experience negative emotions, our lives are crap. When we experience positive emotions, our lives are bliss. So the quality of our lives comes down to the quality of the emotions we experience on a regular basis.

I know people who 'have it all' as far as material possessions are concerned but are absolutely poor when it comes to the emotional content of their lives.

I also know people who have literally nothing when it comes to material possessions but are totally rich emotionally. The classic example that demonstrates this concept is the studies on happiness where 3rd world countries often rank higher than the United States.

SOOOOO, what's my point? Service really comes down to making/helping people feel good. Being cheerful to the gas station attendant, including the 'uncool' kid with sincerity and authenticity, focusing on making people laugh and including them into your life, having intellectually stimulating conversations, etc. Those are a few small example.

When we do these small things, there tends to be a ripple effect. The 'pay it forward' principle happens automatically. For example, maybe you're proactively nice to the overweight employee at Wal-Mart even though they completely ignore you, then they are a bit more cheerful for the remainder of their day, and the people who came through their line are just a bit emotionally uplifted because of that and the 'ripple' goes forward.

Anyways, just thoughts.

Love you! ;)

Sam

Thanks again Sam! And to everyone else.... GO and PAY IT FORWARD!!!!!