Random Acts of Kindness

By Dana Bosley

Today I mailed out the below quote to my mailing list. (By the way if you want to receive similar inspirational quotes, movies and/or stories straight to your in box go to my website http://www.actionvisioncoaching.com/ and sign up.)

Ok back to my story. After sending out the below quote and commentary on the quote. …     

Quote of the day:

“If you do not let your heart grow hard, if you prove your friendliness toward your fellow people, they will answer you with affection. They will send you friendly thoughts. The more people you can help, the more positive thoughts you will receive. That people act kindly toward you is worth more than wealth.” –Henry Old Coyote

Consider: 

Kindness inherits kind thoughts. It is as simple as the fact that what you sow, you reap. When you are kind, it starts a ripple effect that enhances your life and fills you up with happiness and love that cannot be bought for all the money in the world. Don’t let opportunities to be kind to someone pass you by.    

Look for ways to show acts of kindness or support for others in some way. Such as  helping a friend who is going through a divorce, caring for an elderly person, coaching your child’s sports team or volunteering in your community. What other ideas can you come up with of how to spread a little kindness today?

… I saw this cool logo from Random Acts of Kindness and an idea she sent in. (Sorry I can't seem to get the logo to come in.) 

A little act of kindness

By Linda, Australia

I took two of my children to the beach this afternoon. I got them some hot chips. While I was waiting for the kids to finish their run on the beach I saw an old homeless man that I’ve talked to sometimes over the last five years. He’s a very sweet man but seems to have some mental problems. He usually refuses help even though he doesn’t have anything except what’s in his backpack.

Previously when I have offered him a meal he refused, but tonight he accepted. So when the kids returned from their run we went back to the fish & chips shop and bought him a meal. He didn’t want to go into the shop, perhaps because he looks so ragged that people treat him bad. I had to get the kids home right away so explained to the shop keepers who the food was for and asked them to give it to the homeless man for me. The girls in the shop were all smiles and waved to the man waiting outside and expressed how sweet it was for us to buy him a meal. It took a while to explain to him that someone would come out with his food but we left with him waving happily.

I never did find the Random Acts of Kindness site but I did see this site called helpothers.org with other ideas and stories of helping others.

Happy helping as you do random acts of kindness.

Coach Dana

Action Vison Coaching