Help just one person. Then do it again.
Right now, I could tell you how it’s not too late for you. How you’re still so young and have lots of time.
I could tell you about habits. About morning routines and reading and waking up early and meeting new people and getting fit.
I could tell you about success. About money, about fame, about entrepreneurship. About winning big.
I could paint a picture, a vision of your future self so grand your eyes will light up and sparkle. Maybe you’d start making it a reality. But likely you won’t. Because you’re stuck in this hole and it’s just too hard.
So I will do none of that.
Because I know the only thing that’s helped me when I was really, really down in the dumps was this: Help. Someone. Else.
- Call one of your few friends. Help them with their homework.
- Hold the door for someone.
- Give somebody a hand.
- Share your coffee.
- Smile at a stranger.
- Say hello.
Right now, all of the changes you can (and hopefully) will make one day mean nothing, nothing, compared to the impact of hearing the words “thank you.”
A “thank you” is a smile, a warm ray of light, a quark of positive energy.
A “thank you” is worth a million changes.
Whatever you do, help one person. And if what you do helps just one person, you do it again.
