I believe in kindness. I really do.
But, I also believe that I have rent to pay, to wash my clothes, to figure out how to date someone, and to train for a marathon while living on a budget that can barely fit in a gym membership.
Sometimes kindness gets lost.
So, I've decided to do what every Type-A generation Y brat does: add kindness to my do-list. For the past few weeks I have added kindness to my life and have attempted to brighten the world around me. Has my life changed? Do I feel a sudden gratitude for life? Not even close. But, I do think that I have brightened a few people's days, and I find that awesome.
Looking to increase my impact, I decided to invite people into my little kindness project. But, aside from creeping into people's houses and whispering sweet kind hypnosis in their ear, what could I do?
The answer came while running with a friend: challenge them and remind them of it non-stop. Brainstorming, I decided that the best way to do this was to simply send a book. A journal. A scrapbook. A non-stop reminder. And challenge my friends to do one big act of kindness, write about it, and then send it off to someone else who they believe would do some kindness.
Thus, my little book has been purchased. I have filled it with a letter to a person who I hope will do some kindness and will help will send it onward.
Though the book can't make it to every house in the world: the Internet certainly can. So, I have also included a blog component for those who feel so inclined to do some kindness and share it with the broader world.
Let's find kindness, shall we?
But, I also believe that I have rent to pay, to wash my clothes, to figure out how to date someone, and to train for a marathon while living on a budget that can barely fit in a gym membership.
Sometimes kindness gets lost.
So, I've decided to do what every Type-A generation Y brat does: add kindness to my do-list. For the past few weeks I have added kindness to my life and have attempted to brighten the world around me. Has my life changed? Do I feel a sudden gratitude for life? Not even close. But, I do think that I have brightened a few people's days, and I find that awesome.
Looking to increase my impact, I decided to invite people into my little kindness project. But, aside from creeping into people's houses and whispering sweet kind hypnosis in their ear, what could I do?
The answer came while running with a friend: challenge them and remind them of it non-stop. Brainstorming, I decided that the best way to do this was to simply send a book. A journal. A scrapbook. A non-stop reminder. And challenge my friends to do one big act of kindness, write about it, and then send it off to someone else who they believe would do some kindness.
Thus, my little book has been purchased. I have filled it with a letter to a person who I hope will do some kindness and will help will send it onward.
Though the book can't make it to every house in the world: the Internet certainly can. So, I have also included a blog component for those who feel so inclined to do some kindness and share it with the broader world.
Let's find kindness, shall we?
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