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Just a sketch about the remarkable return to full mobility following some daring decisions and inspired actions
This past little while I’ve really been working on not over planning my day. “To-do” lists tend to look overwhelming, and as you are trying desperatley to complete these things, you lose track of what you’re supposed to be learning from these activities, and so really they are losing their purpose. As it said in the amazing Daily Lift this morning, I’ve been working on making my “can-do” list. Once you leave it up to God to guide your feet and to help you complete everything that can be done right now, in a joyful and harmoneous way, you can always count on having every moment go well each and every day.
Something went well this afternoon, namely, I had recommended to me twin 18 year-old boys, and they were here 2.5 hr. doing a list of outside jobs. They weren’t fast, but worked steadily and intelligently. They said they would call me on the second day of sunny weather to do some outside painting, if and only if the next day was forecast t be sunny, too. This would be a shorter job, so they could perhaps do it after school.
I’ve learned to pay people promptly and well, which earns cooperation and willingness to discuss things – in this case the idea of them encouraging their Mom to learn conversational English. She had started an ESL programme but quickly found it too hard and stopped going.
A good afternoon!
Judy and I have just arrived back from a very challenging trip to mid Michigan where we settled my 94 year old mom into a Alzheimer and Dementia care unit. Along this thorn strewn path there were innumerable roses. I mention two.
Mom’s condition worsened precipitously and a 911 call put her in hospital with a 48 hour window of time for Judy and me to act from here. We used Internet and fax to make a decision on an appropriate facility to provide her with ongoing care. The facility director set aside all usual financial up front considerations and took our word over the phone that we would show up and pay for mom’s care. Once we got this commitment everyone – no exceptions – social worker, case manager, doctors and nurses did everything they could possibly do to ameliorate this trauma for mom.
On our return flight from Minneapolis (a waystop in the flight from Vancouver to Saginaw) we boarded the plane to find that we had not been assigned companion seats. Before we even had the opportunity to locate the second separate seat the woman who would have been in the adjacent seat to one of us volunteered: “You should sit together. Where is the other seat assigned to you? I’ll move there.” And so she did.
Wgwt!! I got a different painting job but now i’ll be painting in my own neighborhood!! We can go swimming at my house on the lunch and breaks
It is now flowing freely. He took no money for it, and then shared some wonderful stories in his life of ‘divine providence’ remarkable instances of being provided for when challenges of all sorts came up.
The next day my neighbour knocked on the door concerned about some leaks from his hot water tank. I helped him connect with Charlie, the gas guy, and by 7:30 that night ( a Saturday) , the job was done. Charlie also volunteered to take away an old appliance as, ‘I’m going there anyway.’