It's Monday and I'm sure you're thrilled to be awake and ready to get the new week moving. Ayup. We all adore Mondays! Yes, I am always this sarcastic so early in the morning. :P

Let's try something different this week. It would be fabulous if each of us could make the effort to help one person in the next five days.

This doesn't have to be inconvenient. Or difficult. It could be as simple as holding the door for the person behind you.

Or picking up a piece of litter and putting it on the garbage.

I'm not asking for ya'll to join Habitat for Humanity and go build a house in Arkansas, though I'd be damn impressed if you did! Heck yeah I would! If you join the Peace Corps I promise to write you every week you're in the jungles of Nicaragua! And I'll save all my change to send you each month. Smile. Really, I will!(nodding my head)

I think most of us forget that little, tiny gestures can make some one else's day better.

Say hello and smile as you walk by another person.

Remember every person is human and appreciates kindness as much as you do.

Say thank you. Or Please. Or ask if you can help.

I was talking to one of the staff, at our math building on campus after I held the door open for her last week. She was astonished I was holding the door open for her because no one ever did that.

I said My mama taught me manners. We then discussed how few of the younger students ever said please or thank you or held the door. They are so self-centered and in their own little worlds they don't think of others.

I'd love to know my friends here are better people than that. Just give a little bit of yourself to someone in need, even your own child on a hectic day. Or your spouse after a long day at work.

Me? I'm going to try and be pleasant to my 17yo no matter how he acts. I will allow people in line that are waiting to leave the parking lot after class. I will open doors, say please and thank you, and smile at others even if they think I'm some happy kook.

One of my favorite things to do is to pay for the person behind me in line's coffee. Usually at a drive through so it's anonymous and kinda fun. Giving really is fun.

Try it and then come back and tell me what happened. You can do it. Just give a little bit of yourself. You'll feel good. Really good.