Day 4...Greet Everyone with a Smile and Courtesy

For Day 4...Greet Everyone with a Smile and Courtesy

Every day my little brother says how much he misses Lousianna because people were so friendly in the south....he says her in Utah we are just not that nice.

So todays challenge is greet everyone you with a Smile and Southern Courtesy.

Day 3...Comfort a Child

Im a day behind on my post I know!! So today will have two challenges.

Ill admit days three challenge I actually did complete yesterday I just didnt blog it yet.

For Day 3 comfort a child!

For day 3 my sister had me tag along with her to the pediatricians office for Dax's 6 month checkup. While we ran errands and she got ready for an appointment I helped out with Dax. I comforted him and distracted him from the pain of his immunizations.

Ideally if you can to make this a service outside of your normal day comfort a child that is not your own!

Day 2....Speak Only Words of Love and Encouragement

For day 2 lets start a one week challenge to speak only words of love and encouragement. So today through next Wednesday lets go back to the rule of if you cant say anything nice dont say anything at all.

What does this mean:

• No gripping or venting about other people
• Turn conversations away from belittling others
• Speak only words of support and encouragement
• Dont question other peoples choices or decisions...only support them
• Speak compliments
• Dont complain about other people
• Etc.

Even though physical actions of service bring relief and help one of the greatest ways to support other people is simply but only shedding good light on them. Our words frame how other people see the individuals we are speaking of. We can vent about someone we love, who is an amazing person, and only allow the person we vent to see that person we are speaking of in a bad light. Our words of questioning, suggestions, etc will allow our friend or loved on to think we dont believe in them. Our words of anger will cause others to question how we feel about them.

Where as if we speak kindly, patiently, out of love or bite our tongue when really only bad comes to mind then we can support and love others.

Often times the simple words of encouragement and support and saying "I love you" "I admire you" "I believe in you" etc will make the world of difference in ones life.

This will be a real challenge for me. Feel free to comment on your progress this week on this challenge.

Day 1...Become a Bone Marrow Donor

1. Get registered in the bone marrow donor registry: http://www.marrow.org/JOIN/. There are many people who need a life-saving bone marrow transplant, but who don't have a match. Last month we heard about this sad story - an 11 year old girl with AML (leukemia), who passed away. She needed a bone marrow transplant and a perfect match couldn't be found. YOU could be someones match. It takes about five minutes to get signed up. Get registered and give someone hope! Our friend Rachel was able to find a donor, can you imagine if she was saved because of YOUR marrow? What an amazing gift for everyone involved!

2. Donate blood at your local Red Cross you can also go HERE if you're not sure where that is. You can donate blood or platelets at American Red Cross. A single platelet donation can provide enough platelets for a full therapeutic dose for a patient in need. In fact, some platelet donations yield enough platelets for two or three therapeutic doses. By contrast, it takes about five whole blood donations to produce a single therapeutic dose. Many patients who need platelets are undergoing chemotherapy or organ transplant and have weakened immune systems. A platelet dose from a single donor reduces the patient’s exposure to multiple donors and is therefore preferred by many physicians. During a platelet donation, a small portion of your blood (less than one pint at a time), is drawn from your arm and passed through a sophisticated cell-separating machine. The machine collects the platelets and safely returns the remaining blood components, along with some saline, back to you. After the donation you can resume your normal activities, avoiding heavy lifting or strenuous exercise that day.

Welcome to the Daily Service Challenge

I am challenging one and all to do a daily act of service!! I am going to post and idea each day!! Please feel free to do it comment on your experience or else comment on what you daily act of service is. To make the most of this challenge try and think of something you wouldnt normally do that day...like doing someone else choir for them...etc.