Yesterday morning I looked outside, giddy about all the fresh snow, and there was my neighbor Dave, almost finished with shoveling the sidewalk in front of my house.

So I was too late to grab a shovel and do my own civic duty, but not too late to make Dave some tea from the pot I'd just set on to boil. And now we are friends.

Random Acts of Volunteerism! If you see the chance to perform one of these acts, take it! You might get some tea, and a new friend. Even if you don't, people will notice that someone did something awfully nice - and you can be proud to be that someone.