You may feel generous and want to share your resources with others today. You may be seeking traditional volunteer opportunities or coming up with creative ways to help your friends and loved ones. With the right attitude, you can bring a greater level of enjoyment to your altruistic activities, making them fun as well as meaningful. Before reaching out to others, you might take a few moments to lift your spirits and build an inner foundation of happiness today. You could read or watch something humorous to put yourself in a good mood, or spend time recalling happy memories that fill you with feelings of joy. Another great way to lift your spirits is by immersing yourself in inspiring books, music, or artwork.

Serving others with high spirits and a joyful attitude allows us to spread feelings of happiness in addition to sharing our time and resources. We often think in material terms when we want to serve others, but our attitude can also be contagious. Simply by adopting a joyful mind-set and sharing it while serving others helps them to feel inspired, peaceful, and encouraged. Not only do we enjoy our activities more this way but we also infuse our actions with positive energy that spreads out to benefit those we serve. By creating a strong foundation of happiness within yourself today, you can use your joyful outlook to inspire others and strengthen the intensity of your altruistic activities.