The other day, I got online to find that a friend of mine was having a bad day. She didn’t say it outright, but sometimes, you can just tell. It was my grocery shopping day, so I was out and about. I hit Aldi and right next door was Starbucks.
Now, I’ve gotten in the habit of supporting local coffee shops, but I had just received a Starbucks gift card for chaperoning an all day music event for my daughter. I knew exactly what I needed to do.
So I ran through the drive through and grabbed my friend’s favorite drink. She was working, but I knew I could drop off the coffee there.The entire drive to her work, I was giddy because I knew it would make her happy. I decided it was selfish of me to do this because I wanted to do it not only to bless her, but because I knew it would make me feel good. 
See, that’s the boomerang effect. You give to others, but it makes you feel good in the process. That happiness, that joy, that fuzzy feeling comes right back at cha. Yes, we do it for others, but we also do it for ourselves because we need to feel good, because we need to put others above ourselves, because we need to be outward-thinking.
I wrote a little note on the cup and dropped off the drink, telling her co-worker to deliver it. I never saw her. I was barely a minute down the street before my phone buzzed. Pulling into my next stop, I read it. “You made me cry! Thank you.” it said. The rest of the day I reveled in the warm fuzzies I felt, knowing I did something to bless someone else. Maybe I did it for the wrong reasons. I don’t know. What I do know is that two people received that day. My friend … and me.
How have you blessed someone this week?
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