Sunday night, when I pulled this challenge out of the proverbial hat, I had a little debate about the definition of meaningful and how would I know if I had accomplished the challenge.
After all, doing something meaningful for someone is a bit subjective. What I might think of as important or purposeful, may be insignificant and meaningless to the receiver. And it's not like I could ask, "Do you think I just did something meaningful for you? I have to know so I can blog about it." If I did that, then certainly what ever I did would loose it's value.
So, after getting a little perspective and insight from a few of my favorite people, I decided whatever I did would count if I considered it meaningful. Chances are, it would be to the receiver.
I think I was successful...except on Wednesday, which was a bad day, a very bad day!
But the rest of the week I did meaningful things like...listen to a friend...take in dinner to a neighbor...run an errand for my brother...make sure someone was warm...put salt on the walk for a neighbor...compliment a stranger...offer to help a friend in need...express my appreciation to someone who helped me.
I discovered it's not hard and doesn't take a lot of effort to do something meaningful. It may take a little time, but I think that adds value to the meaningful action. After all, isn't time truly something significant to give in our busy, busy lives?
If this is the week I'm thinking of then I happen to know you took a meal to three neighbors! And it was meaningful to this one. We really appreciated it and felt loved!
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