26-year-old Luke Cameron has performed a good deed every day for an entire year, and he says that the exercise has completely transformed his life. The Cheltenham, England resident made the vow when a close friend died from cancer last year, and since then, he has been doing at least one nice thing every single day. He estimates that he has spent close to £3,000 ($4,700) on good deeds in the past year.
“In a world of taking selfies with your besties and Instagramming pictures of your new handbag and Rolex watch, we forget to think about anyone else but ourselves,” he said. “Our generation has forgotten to care about others, because we are too self-obsessed to even care what others are going through.”
Luke runs a website called TheGoodDeedDiary.com, on which he documents every single good deed or kind gesture – ranging from taking the trash out for his elderly neighbor, or baking cakes for his family and friends. He has also purchased meals for several people at McDonald’s, and even paid for a stranger’s petrol just because they stood next to him in the line.
Luke now has over 12,000 followers on his corresponding Facebook page, and more than 6,000 followers on Twitter.
An ambitious undertaking but, you know, looking around, there are opportunities to help out and we don't always see them. One of my good friends in Thailand just died of cancer. Can't promise to do it everyday but maybe I'll pay a little more attention to folks who need a hand.
Helping someone might make me feel good as well, no?
See ya, eh!
Bob
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