That sense of doing something without expectation of getting something back is, for the time-giver, a reward. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson and Albert Einstein. The possibilities of how to cash in our “time coins” are limited only to the giver’s imagination and the receiver’s wants and needs. It may include cooking meals, mowing lawns, going shopping for someone, reading a book to a sight impaired person, a 15-minute shoulder massage, baby sitting, setting aside time to exercise together, teaching how to better use a computer, washing a car, playing board games or cards. Sandra Diaz of Ocean Springs grew up with a family tradition of coupon books for children and adults.

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