Thursdays are the day that we offer suggestions for how people can give back in the community. These can be ideas for financial contributions, or they can be physical acts of kindness. For this week’s Give Back Thursday, we suggest you Show Appreciation! Read on for more details.
If you think back over your lifetime, you may be able to single out specific moments, people and experiences that have impacted your life. These examples may be the very reason you are who you are today. Perhaps these people and experiences molded and shaped you into who you have become. Without these people and experiences you may be a very different person.
The Give Back Thursday Challenge
This week, we challenge everyone to make a list of people that have impacted your life. Choose at least the top three people who had the greatest impact on your life. You can choose more, but we encourage you to at least choose three. Take a moment and think about what these individuals did to impact you. Did they change your life? Can you think of a specific example of how they impacted you, or was it in multiple ways?
As you choose the three people that had the greatest impact on your life, think about who you might be without their influence.
Now, take some time and reach out to these three people. If they are living, we encourage you to write them a note, email, or make a phone call, and tell them how much you appreciate them. If they are no longer living, reach out to someone in their family, if you can, and let them know how much their loved one impacted your life. This may mean the world to someone who has lost their loved one. To know your family member positively impacted someone else’s life would be a wonderful thing.
As you reach out to the top three people who impacted your life and let them know your level of appreciation, you may be surprised at how this makes you feel. To acknowledge good in others can have a positive impact on people. We think this will be a fruitful exercise across the board. Who knows, you may be surprised when someone reaches out to tell you how much they appreciate the positive impact you had on their life!
With this week’s Give Back Thursday, we suggest you Show Appreciation for who you are, who you have become, and the people who impacted your life! If you enjoy this exercise, we suggest you encourage others to try this process as well!
Need help writing a letter or note of appreciation? Check out this site for helpful tips, examples and ideas of appreciation letters: https://www.thebalancecareers.com/appreciation-letters-examples-a-z-2059549
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