Service

Missed a day.  That may happen now and again.

I missed a day because in addition to being a full time single mom with a full time career, I also serve on two boards: on my son's preschool board made up of volunteer parents I am the Secretary, and on a local healthcare financial association board I am the Secretary and the Membership Chair.

All work and no play makes Marianne, Marianne.

When I do get to play though, I like to make it count.  But play, as fun and necessary as it is, never feels as rewarding as service.

Do Good Works. 

Be good to everyone, including and especially yourself.

By anonimous (own photo from reprint edition)
[Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

If you are kind of interested in service, but aren't really motivated to dive in, there's still plenty you can do:

Donate your old magazines to a hospital or hospice center.
Play board games one afternoon in an assisted living facility.
Call your local food bank and see when they need help packing boxes some afternoon or weekend for a few hours.
Join Civitan, or Rotary.
Volunteer at your local Zoo, or dairy farm, or museum.

You don't receive anything unless you make room for it, and you make room for it by giving.

(Gets off soapbox)  Recipe tomorrow. Scout's honor.*

*Still not a scout.