Week 10: Honoring Men

Yesterday was Father's Day. Was there a man in your life to honor? This week, let's try to stretch that out a bit, and while everyone needs to be acknowledged, make your focus especially on men.

There are many ways to show appreciation for your father, husband, son, brother, nephew, uncle, male friend or acquaintance. You can even include a stranger if you wish. Below are a few suggestions.

• Let your male honoree choose a dinner menu one night
• Help with a project or task that he is working on such as building a birdhouse or mowing the lawn
• Ask him for suggestions of what to do for entertainment and select what he wants to do. (If it's something you can't or don't want to do, let him choose a friend to go in your place)
• Let him have the final say about what to watch on TV, or give him coveted computer time
• Make his favorite meal or dessert
• Buy a little unexpected gift such as a book or CD
• Compliment a stranger on his attire, or maybe treat him to a latte, doughnut, etc. when going through a drive-thru 
• Slip a note of thanks or love into his coat pocket or pants

I'm sure you can think of additional ideas, and the more personal, the better. So make this world a better place this week by focusing on others, but especially on males in honor of Father's Day.

A few items from my journal this week: Bought pizza for a neighbor who did a few surprise chores for me, gave new shower gel to neighbor, acknowledged residents of my community in our newsletter who have passed on or will be moving, and sent two sympathy cards to families of the deceased with a lengthy note expressing a special memory and vowing I will always remember their loved one.