It’s a fresh new year! So it’s the perfect time to ask you to do one simple thing for me….

Simply message one person to see how they’re doing.

The festivities are now over and the come down from Christmas & New Year is happening. Perhaps families have headed home and therefore loneliness feelings are high!

It might be someone you know is having a tough time, someone you haven’t heard from for a long time or seen anything of on social media, or it might be someone that outwardly seems truly happy and active. It may even be someone you don’t usually interact with.

The fact is, we never truly know what is going on in someone’s life and it’s very easy for us all to put a smile on things and say we are ‘OK’ even if we are not and stick a ‘happy photo’ or repost on social media.

What better time than now to reach out and say ‘hi, how are you doing?’ – and don’t forget to ask twice and how they are really doing. ‘Fine’ and ‘OK’ can be default answers because we don’t like to burden people.

If you’re asking the question, ask twice, if you’re asked the question, have the courage to be honest.

This act of kindness takes seconds and could mean the world to that person. It might even make the world a better place for them and worth living in right now if they don’t see a tomorrow.

It might just make someone feel loved and wanted when they are lonely.

Let’s be kind, help each other and spend just a few seconds checking in on someone… and if you do, why not suggest someone else does the same.

Much love
Tabby xxx