Being a volunteer means that you are offering something – something that is not required nor an obligation.  Most of the time, to volunteer means that you are working side by side with others. This connects you to other human beings as you are working toward a common goal or purpose.  It is a win-win for all parties involved. Those who

Inspiration is a feeling of enthusiasm you get from someone or something that gives you new and creative ideas. If you describe someone or something good as an inspiration, you mean that they make you or other people want to do or achieve something.  Inspiration gives us so much hope in certain situations because it’s ultimately what

Generosity is a virtue of freely giving gifts to others or to something other than ourselves.  It’s GiVING of gifts.  Sometimes it could be tangible gifts.   Other times it’s intangibles such as giving someone a bit of our time, whether we’re listening to them, helping them through something, or even helping them with a project. When we’re

What does hospitality mean to you? Dictionary.com defines hospitality as, “The friendly reception and treatment of guests and strangers; the quality or disposition of receiving and treating guests and strangers in a warm, friendly, and generous way.” Hospitality is simply making people feel welcome, comfortable, and important.   Typically, when we think of hospitality, we think of restaurants, hotels,

Encouragement means to simply give someone courage. Consider just how powerful it could be to GiVE someone courage: GiVES positive energy - Encouragement literally means to give people courage.  So, encouragement is like giving someone a mental and emotional boost of energy which lifts them up and propels them into action. GiVES people hope – when people are

Value is how much something is worth, or how important something is.   Do you have value?  Think about what you do well.  What are your strengths?  What do you believe in, and beyond that, what do you stand for? This is yet another way each of us can GiVE Kindness to others in order to form and

To improve is to simply become better.  The idea that we become better today than we were yesterday. Four ways we can all commit to improving ourselves, so that we can GiVE our best to others: Our attitudeOur physical and mental healthOur knowledgeOur skills In order to GiVE kindness to others, it’s important to GiVE kindness to ourselves.

Gratitude rhymes with “attitude”, and it means to have a thankful and pleasing feeling about what you’ve received from someone else.  When we feel gratitude, we’re “pleased” with what someone else did for us or how they treated us.   The magic of letting yourself feel gratitude is that you’re simply so thankful and appreciative of someone

Consider what kindness really means to you. Kindness means being friendly, generous, and considerate of other people.   Generosity is just another way of saying GiVING to other people.    Kindness is simply giving other people our time, a little bit of our talent, or “that thing” we do better than others, or our heart.  Kindness comes from a place

Genuineness Impact Validate ENGAGE Being engaged means: Involved in activity with others.To be interested in others.Committed to others. Questions then, for all of us are “How can we engage?”  and “Why does engagement even matter?” The answers are simple on the surface but make a significant and lasting impact on the people with whom we engage. Consider the impact the following experiences have