The pleasure and purpose of life, for me, can be expressed in one word: love.  Love makes us stronger than we imagined, and weaker than we feared. Love bring out the absolute best of our character, as well as the depths of our worst qualities. Love offers the peak of life’s pleasures, and the lowest valleys imagineable.

Love is perhaps the simplest pleasure offered to us, and there a million ways to bring more of it into your life. To add more of the world’s only completely renewable resource to your life, you might consider trying a few of the following:

1. Rescue a pet.
2. Send a card to a sibling
3. Call your mom.
4. Tell your child you’re proud of them.
5. Donate clothes and goods to charity for others to enjoy.
6. Crochet a blanket for someone special (or donate it for someone you’ve never met).
7. Make a special dinner for your partner or family.
8. Donate your time to a local resource like a library or charity.
9. Treat your roommate to a pizza night.
10. Send a check to the charity of your choice.
11. Encourage a child’s creativity.
12. Email your boss to compliment a coworker.
13. Smile at someone you pass.
14. Let someone merge into traffic in front of you.
15. Frame a flattering picture of a friend and give it to them.
16. Plan a party for your gang.
17. Bring cookies to your neighbor (or a bottle of wine if you’re next door to us!).
18. Do some household chores or tasks for someone with limited mobility.
19. Bring a healthy treat into work to share.
20. Find something nice to say to your boss (even if you’re self-employed).
21. Write a love letter to your partner.
22. Tell your dad something you learned from him.
23. Send out a few e-cards to friends you’ve lost touch with.
24. Put down money on a shelter pet to make the adoption costs affordable for another person.
25. Give an unbirthday cupcake to someone who normally doesn’t get much attention.
26. Place flowers on someone’s desk with a note of appreciation.
27. Snag a friend’s MP3 player and create a playlist of songs that would make them happy.
28. Pray for someone else.
29. Bring snacks for the employees at a favorite business.
30. Give a smile to each person you run into.
31. Offer free babysitting services for a night to new parents.
32. Dance with a friend, lover, or munchkin.
33. Do something kind for yourself, or indulge in a special treat.