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I had a though tonight, as I was reading a friend's blog (check out jackthenut.blogspot.com). About kindness. And random acts thereof. People have trouble doing random acts of kindness. Why? A big problem is defining what a RANDOM act of kindness is and when it's appropriate to do it.
So first we need to define a random act of kindness. Is it helping out a stranger? Or is it helping out the people you know? Is it picking up trash without being asked? Is it doing the little things that need to get done? Is it doing things even if other people won't notice? The answer to all these questions is yes. Does it have to be something huge? No. I think it's helping anyone out, without being asked, without wanting credit. That's so hard to do as we all want credit and want our "15 minutes of fame." And although that may seem impossible, you can achieve that by not only helping someone out first hand but also helping someone out indirectly. Maybe you set their place at dinner or pick up trash or clean the kitchen/bathroom(s) when everyone's out. All the things that they may take for granted that would make a huge difference if they weren't done. Doing little housekeeping things could make someone else's job much easier, therefore being an act of kindness. It could be going out of your way to tell someone they are special, in whatever way you choose. And don't worry, no matter what, if you do something just to be kind without wanting credit, someone will always notice.
Second, no mater what, always be kind and do a r.a.c. if you can. The difference it makes is unbelievable.
Here are a few quotes on kindness:
"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." ~Aesop
"It is when you give of yourself that you truly give." ~Kahil Gibran
"Choose being kind over being right, and you'll be right every time." ~Richard Carlson
"Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out." ~Frank A. Clark
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."~Philo
"...Kindness in giving creates love." ~Lao-Tse
"I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver." ~Maya Angelou
"All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don't discover why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others." ~Danny Thomas
"When you carry out acts of kindness you get a wonderful feeling inside. It is as though something inside your body responds and says, yes, this is how I ought to feel." ~Harold Kushner
"Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again." ~Og Mandino
"Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference." ~Barbara De Angelis
"Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end." ~Scott Adams
"Kindness trumps greed: it asks for sharing. Kindness trumps fear: it calls forth gratefulness and love. Kindness trumps even stupidity, for with sharing and love, one learns." ~Marc Estrin
This one doesn't make a lot of sense, sorry, I'm exhausted. Think about that. Act on it. Tell me about it.
Stay rad,
Riley.
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