Have a good weekend – there are several things you and I can do that will ensure we have a good weekend.

Reach out with affirmation to a family member who does not routinely hear from you. Recall good memories you share. Talk of the joy you knew together. This act of connecting will leave you with positive feelings and you will have done something good for another.

Give time or treasure to a loved cause or to a person or family in need. While the act will benefit the recipient it will also have positive kickbacks for you. You will have done something good and you will enjoy the knowledge that your actions have resulted in a story that will be told and retold.

Even if you do not consider yourself a writer, put pencil to paper and write a sentence or two about the beautiful things that have happened in your life, then, let it flow. Without concern (yet) about punctuation or grammar, get out of the way and let the sentences multiply and grow into a paragraph or three. You will soon experience the benefits of bringing to the surface of your thinking the beauty that has been yours.