Great Pick Me Up Ideas for Just About Anyone

Sometimes we all get down in the dumps. It's much easier to climb out though when a friend is there, reaching with an open hand to help pull you up. Be that friend for someone and use some of these ideas to get you through.

Pull out your crayons and construction paper. Sit the kids down and make a family night out of helping a neighbor. Make some cheery looking cards. Even try some humorous ones. Laughter is after all, the best medicine for most anything. Take your cards over to your friend with a smile and simply say "I thought you could use these".

Get down some old family recipes and get to baking. Baking is just not done enough these days. What did your Grandma give you when you were down? Most likely it was a homemade cookie or piece of pie, or some other homemade treat baked chock full of love. Present your friend with the goodies, or better yet call them over for some coffee and after dinner company.

If you are not the artistic type and prefer not to bake, simply pick up a just thinking of you card and include a scratch off ticket for your friend.

Invite them out to the movies. Choose a movie to go see. Go bowling. The point is to spend a good amount of time with the person who's down and just be their friend.

Have a good old fashioned game night and pull out some adult games like Monopoly or Sorry, or even a deck of cards. Invite a few other guests and put out the chips and dip.

Candy is a great band-aid. Get your friend a chocolate bar and let them know you were thinking of them.

Choose something that looks like they may have put a little more effort in than usual and complement it. For example, are they wearing more makeup? Tell them it looks great today. Are they working diligently alone for a longer period than usual? Let them know how focused they seem lately. Every one likes a compliment. Sometimes we forget in our own focuses to let others know what a good job they are doing in their efforts.

Simply invite them to your family dinner one night. If they have a family invite them too. Add a desert and don't forget an after dinner pot of coffee. Sharing your life and family with someone is a great big compliment these days. Not many even take the time to share dinner with their own family. Do a pot luck dinner if you don't have enough to foot the bill yourself.

Life is fast today. People are focused on themselves. Friends are you and me, lets not forget to love our neighbors, it may be us who is down in the dumps next!