{"id":182,"date":"2009-08-18T14:28:31","date_gmt":"2009-08-18T14:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/angelsonyourshoulder\/2009\/08\/be-an-angel-week-7-ways-to-be-an-angel.html"},"modified":"2009-08-18T14:28:31","modified_gmt":"2009-08-18T14:28:31","slug":"be-an-angel-week-7-ways-to-be-an-angel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/angelsonyourshoulder\/2009\/08\/be-an-angel-week-7-ways-to-be-an-angel.html","title":{"rendered":"Be an angel week: 7 ways to be an angel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aloha,<\/p>\n

Imagine if every day was be an angel day<\/a> and we were all committed to being someone’s angel. What an incredible world this would be! I used to have a bumper sticker that said, “Commit random acts of kindness and senseless beauty.” I am sure there are many, many ways to be someone’s angel and I would love to see you add some of your suggestions in the comments. And if you have a story of how someone was an angel to you, please share it with us.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow I am going to have a Word Cloud contest and give away copies of my latest book, but I’ll tell you all about that tomorrow, so check back in the morning.<\/p>\n

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\n7 Ways To Be An Angel<\/b>

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  1. Commit random acts of kindness<\/b>: put quarters in parking meters, when you are going through a toll booth pay for the person behind you, or pay for someone’s coffee. You get the idea.<\/li>\n

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  2. Help someone<\/b> out<\/b>: with no expectation of a thank you <\/em>or a monetary return. Carry someone’s groceries, cut a neighbor’s lawn, sweep the street, pick up litter, offer to walk someone’s dogs.<\/li>\n

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  3. Thank someone sincerely<\/b>: send your parents a thank you<\/em> note, send a thank you <\/em>card to a friend, make it a point to thank the cashier, tell all the people in your life what they mean to you.<\/li>\n

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  4. Make a difference in someone’s life<\/b>: visit someone in a nursing home, help with a literacy program, volunteer at a hospital, work with a hospice, feed the homeless<\/li>\n
  5. Offer to house sit so a friend can get away:<\/b> this one is pretty self-explanatory. Give a friend a vacation by taking care of their house and their children<\/li>\n
  6. Swap jobs with someone: <\/b>when you walk a mile in someone else’s shoes, you really get to know them. Give someone a day off by doing their job for a day.<\/li>\n
  7. Organize a community project:<\/b> there are so many things you can do to improve your community.  Clean up a vacant lot and plant a garden, work with Habitat for Humanity<\/a> to build homes, paint out graffiti, pick up litter along the highway. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I’d love to hear your ideas of other ways to share your love and light and laughter and be an angel in someone’s life<\/a>. It is amazing how good it feels to give for the sheer act of giving.<\/p>\n

    With love and aloha,
    Susan<\/p>\n

    Angels are everywhere and remember you are one, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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