Every act of kindness creates a ripple, spread it now!
We don’t have to agree on anything to be kind!
Every act of kindness creates a ripple, spread it now!
We don’t have to agree on anything to be kind!
December kindness continues:
This my third post on December Kindness. I hope you can help spread some kindness this week. Kindness is a sustainable behavior. How can we all make our communities more kind and pleasant?
** Show gratitude, “Thank You!”
** Take a walk, focus on the beauty of winter.
** Make a special effort to watch for pedestrians when you drive.
** Smile
** Positive Energy Day: Be positive to your family, and those you encounter at work. Admit if you make a mistake!
** Volunteer
** Listen with eye contact
** Use real dishes and silverware, reuse. Think, “Zero waste!”
** Complement People Day!
** Sacrifice Your Place In Line Day!
** Shovel or sweep someone’s sidewalk.
Other ideas for kindness: https://health4earth.com/2017/12/01/kindness-spread-it-now/
Happy December! Kindness is the light of happiness and of life!
There are many ways to spread kindness, and I like many of the Kindness Calendars on the internet. Here are some ideas to get you started:
Friday, December 1, Do something good for the earth, go plastic free, go for a walk and smile at the people you meet.
Saturday, December 2, How can you help someone who needs help? Give rides to the grocery store, babysit, bring someone a dinner.
Sunday, December 3, List three things you are thankful for.
Monday, December 4, National Sock Day: Donate socks to a homeless shelter.
Tuesday, December 5, Call someone you haven’t talked to in a while, an aunt or uncle, cousin or friend.
Wednesday, December 6, Listen to people with eye contact.
Thursday, December 7, Be thankful for grandfathers and fathers who fought in WWII, and donate money to AmnestyInternational
A good deed a day!
Check out the Kindness calendar
It is always possible to be kind!
One smile makes lots of smiles…go on smile!
October 5 is the national day to do something nice, and after weeks of tragedy and deaths from gun violence and hurricane suffering we need a break. So today get out and smile, be pleasant to everyone you see!
Do something nice for the earth also. Avoid plastic, pick up trash, buy organic, go meatless, leave your car at home, and walk or take the bus. Do something Nice!
A few weeks ago I wrote how stressful the American election was for everyone. The post-election has been even more stressful. The surprise results, disrespect for diversity, uncertainty and anger have been difficult for my circle of people. Today is World Kindness Day which makes me think of my late mother. She was a role model for being kind in everything she did.
Change and uncertainty are scary. We have lost control of our futures and the future of our earth. With all the verbal garbage of the past year no one has a vision of what the future holds. Today as I read the conservative views in the newspaper, I felt they were uncertain and scared also.
Diversity is so important whether you are talking about people, ideas, plants, foods, wildlife, everything. Mono-cultures can’t survive. They are not sustainable. Does anyone want to live in a world where only one kind of plant or tree grows? A world where we eat only one food? What if every dog was exactly the same? What if everyone thought exactly the same, and golf was the only sport to play? How boring!! I know this is silly, but it is diversity that makes life interesting. Diversity makes our freedoms and choices important, we are not all alike.
The uncertainty will not go away, but we can all be more kind. This week I plan to smile more, criticize less, listen better, and appreciate the diversity of our human family and diversity of our earth, and ….
I recently read that Americans aren’t very happy. What could make us happier?
Below are 10 Commandments of Happiness from the Happiness Project:
* Take it easy.
* Be yourself!
* Handle your responsibilities.
* Exercise understanding.
* Leave your worries behind.
http://www.startribune.com/business/235791861.html
http://gretchenrubin.com/ Happiness project