Sometimes all it takes is a small gesture to totally change someone’s day. When wewe sense that someone cares for wewe au is putting your concerns ahead of their own wewe often have your outlook totally transformed to something zaidi positive and warm. Here are some small ways to make someone’s day.

1. Smile
2. Open doors
3. Offer a kiti, kiti cha at your meza, jedwali in a busy cafe
4. Make eye contact
5. Shout a workmate a coffee for no reason
6. Start a conversation with someone who looks lonely
7. Listen
8. Share a tip that has helped wewe out in your life recently
9. Give money to beggars without conditions attached
10. Don’t complain about politics au hivi karibuni news
11. Try and put a positive spin on a bad situation
12. Invite someone to go jogging
13. Cook for your wife
14. Meditate so wewe are calmer for your family
15. Volunteer for someone who really needs it

Normally I like to rant on and write long and in depth posts about things but sometimes it is just the simplest things that help the most. There is a wonderful quote kwa Plato that says, “Be kind for everyone wewe meet is fighting a hard battle.” It is a wonderful thing to remember when wewe go about your daily business because it reminds wewe that other people are going through similar pains and hardships.

It also can help wewe deal with situations where wewe can’t quite understand why a person is behaving so badly – it is because they too are fighting a hard battle of their own.

I would really like to hear some maoni about some small little thing that someone did that changed your siku and made wewe feel happy and zaidi optimistic. I don’t care how trivial au strange it might seem – please leave a maoni so others can hear it and maybe use it to help someone else.