Be generous to neighbors or members from your community

(persons you know from neighborhood, church, school, work places, etc)

This person is someone in your social, religious, or neighborhood circle that you do not know very well; be generous whenever you can to others in an effort to help them in their work or project.

Examples:

• Help a neighbor with gardening, painting, or taking trashcans to the curb, or cleaning around the house if needed
• Help your local community center/church/school/work with a project. Help set up, donate clothes, furniture or volunteer to help, lend a hand where needed.

Week 5: Be generous to a larger community

(strangers)

Find the need of the community and volunteer your time to help people who you don’t know. It may seem challenge to extend the exercise to people you do not know as well. However, the effects of generosity in this situation not only assist you with a sense of selflessness but also gratefulness for your current state of life and ability to offer assistance.

Examples:

• Help a stranger struggling to carry his or her groceries
• Stranger doesn’t have enough change for the bus, cash register, parking meters if you can offer to help
• Volunteer at a church, community center using your talent, strength, support, or money
• Donate food or clothes to a local charity