1. The Gift of a Compliment: A simple and sincere, “You look happy!”, “You radiate kindness!”, “That meal was delicious!, “I love laughing with you!”, “You make me smile”, “I noticed the amount of effort and care you put into our meal” ~ find a way to give the gift of a compliment, it can make someone’s day.
2. The Gift of a Cheerful Disposition: The easiest way to feel good is to extend a kind word or gesture to someone. Look for the positive in every situation. Give someone the benefit of the doubt.
3. The Gift of a Written Note: It can be a simple, “Thanks for the help!” note, a full sonnet or a meaningful remembrance. A brief, handwritten note from you may be cherished for a lifetime.
4. The Gift of Seeing Someone in their Highest and Best Light: Noticing when someone is doing something right, kind, helpful, thoughtful, selfless, or simply seeing them in this way in spite of evidence to the contrary, can add enormous benefit to a person’s well being.
5. The Gift of Prayer: Sending loving and healing prayers to the Divine for someone else’s benefit can heal in spite of physical, mental or emotional distance.
6. The Gift of Laughter: Clip cartoons. Share funny stories, books and movies to add lightheartedness to the lives of everyone involved.
7. The Gift of Affection: Be generous with appropriate hugs, kisses, pats on the back, handholding, caressing, stroking and reaching out to another. These small actions demonstrate your love for family and friends.
8. The Gift of Listening: Really listen. Resist interrupting, don’t daydream, don’t plan a retort or response. Just listen and be fully present. When we have this undivided and nurturing attention from another we feel seen.
9. The Gift of Solitude: There are times when we want nothing more than to be left alone. Be sensitive to those times and give the gift of solitude without taking it personally.
10. The Gift of a Favor: Either ask what you can for someone to ease their day or simply open the door for the person entering a store and let them go in before you. Give up your seat on the bus to someone who looks tired. Decide to cull your closet of the items you don’t use, let go of items that bring up bad memories for you and donate them to charity. Shovel snow off of your neighbors sidewalk or offer to mow their lawn.
11. The Gift of Reading Aloud: Gather your friends and/or family by the fire and take turns reading a story to one another. Enjoy the give and take of being animated while reading and then sinking into comfort while its your turn to listen.
12. Do Something Random and Kind for a Stranger: Decide not to fight about who’s “owns” the lane on the freeway, just let the car next to you pass easily. Flash your headlights to let them know it is safe.
I would love to have you add to this list.
Please contribute your thoughts about other priceless gifts we can give to one another for FREE!
Happy Holidays!
Integration Coaching for Transformation ~ 
