Each year on July 11, people across the United States are trying to make someone happy on National Cheer Up The Lonely Day.
If you know someone who is lonely or going through a difficult time, make an effort to be a bright spot in their life. Whether their loneliness is due to health issues, financial reasons, grief due to loss or personal reasons, isolation can be overwhelming. Use this day as a reminder to contact those people in your life who need a little extra love and attention. Your small act of kindness can make a big difference to them. One word or special consideration may brighten their world at just the right moment.
A burden shared is a burden halved. ~ T.A. Webb Let’s Hear it for the Boy
We’re all lonely from time to time. The gift of companionship and support when we least expect may not solve our problems, but it lifts the burden a little.
HOW TO OBSERVE NATIONAL CHEER UP THE LONELY DAY
While visiting may be the number one thing to do on this day, here are a few other ideas to try:
Deliver a few spare magazines to an ailing friend.
Watch a movie with some freshly popped popcorn.
Read a book out loud to your friend.
Set up a playlist with inspirational music.
Offer to go for a walk with them.
Mail a sweet or funny card.
Bake one of their favorite foods.
Call and visit on the phone.
Email funny jokes every day to remind them to laugh.
Play a board game.
Go for a drive.
Play 20 questions.
Watch funny YouTube videos.
Use #CheerUpTheLonelyDay to share on social media.
HISTORY OF NATIONAL CHEER UP THE LONELY DAY
Our research found Francis Pesek of Detroit, Michigan created this day. His daughter, L.J. Pesek reports that he “was a quiet, kind, wonderful man who had a heart of gold. The idea came to him as a way of promoting kindness toward others who were lonely or forgotten as shut-ins or in nursing homes.” July 10 was Mr. Pesek’s birthday.
Sleepy head get out of bed
Big bad world is calling
Step in your shoes and catch the news
It's another morning
Morning, it's morning
Morning, it's morning again
Rub your eyes as nature sighs
The population's yawning
Just step in your shoes there's so much to do
It's a brand new morning
Morning, it's morning
Morning, it's morning again
And all around this cardboard town
The cops are crawling
The sirens scream and break your dreams
It's morning
It's morning
It's morning
Dean Martin Lyrics “It’s A Good Day”
Yeah it’s a good day for singin’ a song And it’s a good good day for movin’ along Yeah it’s a good day how could anything go wrong A good day from morning till nightYes it’s a good day for shinin’ your shoes And it’s a good good day for losin’ the blues Everything to gain and nothing to lose Cause it’s a good day from morning till night
I said to the sun good morning sun rise and shine today You know you’ve got to get goin’ if you’re gonna make a showin’ And you know you’ve got the right of way
Cause it’s a good day for payin’ your bills And it’s a good day for curin’ your ills So take a deep breath and throw away your pills Cause it’s a good day from morning till night
(I said to the sun good morning sun rise and shine today You know you’ve got to get goin’ if you’re gonna make a showin’ And you know you’ve got the right of way)
Cause it’s a good day for payin’ your bills… Good day from morning till night yeah (Good good day from morning till night
Dean Martin Lyrics “When The Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin’ Along” When the red red robin comes bob bob bobbin’ along along There’ll be no more sobbin’ when he starts throbbin’ his old sweet song Wake up wake up you sleepy head get up get up get out of bed Cheer up cheer up the sun is red live love laugh and be happy What if I’ve been blue now I’m walkin’ through fields of flowers Rain may glisten but I still listen for hours and hours Well I’m just a kid again doing what I did again singin’ a song When the red red robin comes bob bob bobbin’ along along What if I’ve been blue… (Wake up wake up you sleepy head get up get up get out of bed Cheer up cheer up the sun is red live love laugh and be happy) What if I’ve been blue…
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