26. Choose influence over attention.
27. Listen to others with sincere interest instead of simply waiting for your turn to talk.
28. Say “I love you” often to the people who you love. Don’t forget to say it to yourself once in a while too.
29. Stand up to a bully.
30. Tip your waiter/waitress well.
31. Do something that scares you, and then bask in the awesomeness of knowing that what you feared really wasn’t as scary as you thought.
32. Call your parents often.
33. Be willing to help others in any way that you can.
34. Write down a list of the friends who you’ve lost touch with over the years, and then spend an afternoon reaching out to each one of them.
35. Spend time every single day being thankful.
36. Become intimately aware of the boundary that exists in your mind that can never be crossed by anyone, ever.
37. Give your significant other a real kiss at least once a day.
38. If there’s something that you’ve always wanted to do, or a place that you’ve always wanted to go, then by all means, take action today to make your dream a reality. Tomorrow is not guaranteed to you, me, or anyone else, so why put your dreams on hold for a moment longer than necessary?
39. Celebrate other people’s success with sincere excitement.
40. Ignore haters, trolls, naysayers, and random asshats who bizarrely find joy in taking away yours. Don’t give them the satisfaction that they desperately want, but absolutely don’t deserve.
41. Know at least one ridiculously good joke, and be able to tell it at a moment’s notice.
42. Remember that you always have time for the things that are important to you.
43. Every time that you receive excellent service, tell the employee’s supervisor and/or send an email to the corporate office to sing the employee’s praises in detail. You will make the employee’s day more than you could ever realize.
44. Get a good night’s sleep as often as possible.
45. Accept all people regardless of their race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other ridiculous reason that some people believe is a legitimate reason not to fully accept another human being.
46. Take good care of your body, your mind, and your soul. It’s much harder (if not, impossible) to be truly good to others if you’re not truly good to all aspects of yourself.
47. Decide that a life that’s just “good enough” really isn’t good enough at all. Demand more.
48. Don’t quit, ever. Especially when things get tough.
49. Believe in the goodness of people, and equally as important, believe in the goodness of the world.
50. Hold the door open for people, volunteer your seat on the bus, pick up litter that’s not yours, and never think for one moment that those seemingly small acts don’t make a big difference.
51. Be the friend who you have always wanted to have. Be the spouse who you want to spend the rest of your life with. Be the coworker who you want to work with. Most of all, be the change that you want to see in the world.
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