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Cheering up friends not only lifts their spirits, it lifts yours, too. Your unique gifts, when offered in support of another, will benefit giver and receiver.
How do you cheer up when you’re feeling down and blue? A great way is to help cheer a friend up. Cheering friends up helps to move the focus from you to someone else. The personalized gift of your time and energy on behalf of someone else will do wonders for lifting your spirits. You and your friend both benefit; win/win always feels good.

Research Studies Verify It
Research studies show that an orientation to the welfare of others is, in the long run, more satisfying than an orientation to one’s own pleasure. And when you’re feeling down, there’s a tendency to focus on your own problems and your own unsatisfied wants and needs. Shifting to help another person gives you the opportunity to connect and foster a relationship. Strong relationships correlate with personal happiness and life satisfaction.

Tips for Cheering Up
A nearly instant way to lift your own spirits is to focus on gratitude for what you have. Acknowledging gratitude and appreciation for even the simplest and most basic aspects of your life will lift your mood. To translate this to a unique gift you can give another person, express to that person those aspects of themselves for which you are grateful.

1. Gratitude: A Unique Gift Idea
Recall a time this friend helped you with a kind word, an extra pair of hands, or a thoughtful gift. Express your appreciation for that and how much it meant to you. Recalling the event and circumstances will lift spirits for both of you, reinforcing the value of a good friend.

2. Your Unique Gift
Find a way to offer your unique gift to someone in need of a lift. Perhaps your gift is simply that you’re more physically able than your friend. An elderly friend or relative can always use help with house and yard chores. Running the sweeper or mowing the grass removes a physical demand on your elderly friend and also eliminates the mental and financial burden of finding a way to get the work done.

You probably have talents and experience in many areas that can help a friend who’s down in the dumps. A small, personalized, hand crafted gift shows you care; always a sure way to lift one’s spirits.

3. Everyone Can Listen
Sometimes a friend just needs someone to talk with. Burdens are lighter when shared. Your gift of listening supportively will cheer up your friend simply because you’ve helped them be heard. You don’t need to solve their problem, just be an empathetic listener.

4. Give and Receive
When you give you also receive. The old saying, “what goes around comes around,” is another way of expressing the Law of Attraction. If you cheer up a friend you will also be cheered up.