The document provides 5 tips for maintaining a high level of generosity in everyday life: 1) Take time for yourself to recharge so you can help others, 2) Manage your thinking with positive exercises like writing about things you appreciate, 3) Exercise daily to boost happiness, 4) Increase contact with other people by lifting them up rather than isolating or complaining, 5) Find a community of generally positive people to support each other. The tips are meant to help overcome personal challenges that can get in the way of helping others, which is our natural way of being.

1. Raise Your Level of Contribution Now
I sit down every morning and write my thoughts. Typically, I am not
sure what I am going to write and I have to get myself to a place where I
feel great enough so I can focus on making a difference for somebody
else with what I produce.
It is Saturday morning at 8:30am and I did not get a lot of sleep last
night and I was feeling a tad grumpy this morning.
I went to StumbleUpon and this is what I saw –
21 Images to Make You Feel Awesome
By the tenth picture, I had tears in my eyes and felt at peace inside.
Looking at inspiring pictures and awesome acts of kindness reminds me
of my true self and why I have been put on the planet.

2. Our natural way of being is to help others.
However, personal agendas, life’s challenges and personal conflicts get
in the way of us doing the things that are meant to do.
The acts of generosity expressed in the photos come from decisions at a
certain a point of time and probably were made without a lot of
thinking.
However, how can you maintain this level of generosity in your
everyday life?
1. Take Time For Yourself – If you are doing things that are
important for you, then you are much more likely to want to help
others out. Conversely, if you are not taking care of your physical
and spiritual self, you are going to tend towards taking care of
those needs first and are going to miss opportunities to be
generous with others.
2. Manage Your Thinking– Without Management, your mind will
have a life of its own. Most likely, if you are mind is working
unguided, then it will not take you in a great direction. Doing
simple exercise can help flood your mind with positive thoughts –
Here is an example of a simple exercise that I do everyday
before I wake up – I take a topic in my life and write
everything I love about that subject. It may seem a little
strange but it works. For example, I went to the Barclay’s
Center in Brooklyn last night for the first time and loved the
new stadium. This morning I spent ten minutes writing
every detail that I loved about the game and about the
stadium.
What does this do for me?
I have locked in the great memories that I had last night and
I have taken one more step closer to lead my mind down the
path of positive thoughts. Your thoughts will go based on

3. momentum. If you start down the road of negative
thoughts, you are more likely to continue down that path.
However, if you focus on positive thoughts, you will also
build momentum in that direction
3. Exercise Every Day – Exercise impacts all of the cells in your
body. This does not mean that you have to be a fitness guru but
doing some activity will work wonders to raise your level of
happiness.
4. Increase your contact with human beings – When we are
leaning towards negative thinking, we usually go one of two
routes. We isolate ourselves from others or we seek out others so
that we can complain to them. Neither approach is terribly
effective. Seek out others to life them up and you will find that
you are lifted up as well.
5. Find a Community of People Who Are Generally Positive –
Ultimately, you cannot create the difference you want to create by
yourself.