A serious challenge, but so worth doing.

We've got one life.  We wish to live it well.
  Cami Walker, the author of the book--29 Gifts--How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life is a woman in her thirties who has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.  I loved the title of her book, so I bought it at Border's Going Outta Business Sale a few weeks ago and read it in a day.  It's an easy read, while also being a challenging, thoughtful one.  She was diagnosed with MS not long after her wedding day.  In the midst of losing so much of her autonomy (which she eventually gets back in some ways), she spoke with her spiritual advisor.  (I don't think Cami would say she was a Christian, but more so a collector and follower of many faiths.)  After Cami complained to her spiritual advisor of her inabilities, her spiritual advisor suggested to her to give away something everyday for 29 days.  While this advice could have been off-putting and was initially, Cami went for it.  The gift didn't have to be monetary, but could be your time, your advice, really just whatever might bring joy to another person.  She blogs about it, along with lots of others who have also took this idea to practice at http://www.29gifts.org/.  I liked reading the book first before I hopped onto the blog.  It made for a more meaningful ride.  But anyways, after I finished her book I wrote this:
Be generous even when you do not feel like it.
Forgive even when you don't want to.
Tell the truth even when you don't want to.
Write even when you don't want to.
Be honest even when you don't want to.
Go when it's really hard to go.
 Surprises will come in really wonderful ways.