http://www.littlethingsmatter.com/blog/2010/06/17/25-unexpected-ways-to-make-someones-day/
Here are 25 unexpected things you can do to show people they are special in your eyes.
1. Do your children’s chores for the day.
2. Drop a hand-written card in the mail to give someone an encouraging word.
3. Give your spouse or significant other a gift on your next date night.
4. Shovel snow for an older couple down the street.
5. Call a friend going through a difficult period to show your support.
6. Send a client something special that made you think of him or her.
7. Send a gift basket or bouquet of flowers to the hotel room of a friend who is on a long road trip.
8. Invite a friend to dinner and plan an evening with his/her interest in mind.
9. If you are a parent, plan a special day with your kids, but don’t tell them.
10. Offer to take a co-worker (who is not close to you) to lunch and buy it.
11. Plan a company or department meeting, surprising everyone with a party to show your appreciation for their hard work.
12. Pay the toll for the person following you and tell the gate attendant to communicate your brief message.
13. Stop by the hospital to visit a friend.
14. Cut the grass for a neighbor who is overwhelmed at work.
15. Take dinner over to a family suffering from financial hardship.
16. Stay late and help a co-worker finish an important project.
17. Call and invite an old friend to have coffee or tea.
18. Buy your friend sitting at another table in the restaurant a drink or dessert.
19. Go to the funeral of your friend or co-worker who has lost a loved one.
20. Look someone in the eye and share how proud you are of him or her.
21. Express appreciation for ordinary and routine tasks done well.
22. Praise someone for evidence portrayed by inner qualities—patience, fairness, integrity, gentleness, cooperation.
23. Say an encouraging word to your boss, teacher, coach, pastor or priest. Leaders are lonely.
24. Offer to run an errand for an overworked friend.
25. Thank people who serve you—waitperson, janitor, receptionist.
