November 13 is World Kindness Day! Let’s celebrate kindness through the end of the year with 52 random acts of kindness!
Kindness nurtures your relationship with the world around you and makes you feel great! Practicing kindness doesn’t have to be difficult- even the smallest act of kindness makes a huge difference. I challenge you to doing each and every one of these random acts of kindness between now and the end of the year!
Photo via The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation
52 Random Acts of Kindness
01. Smile at a stranger
02. Say “hello”, “hi”, “good morning”
03. Combine the first two- look a stranger in the eye, smile, and say hello
04. Listen with your whole heart
05. Speak without judgment
06. Pay an honest compliment to someone you don’t like
07. Say thank you for the little things
08. Return a shopping cart to the corral or all the way back to the store (it doesn’t have to be your shopping cart!)
09. Pick up trash and put it in a trash bin (it doesn’t have to be your trash!)
10. Get a good night’s sleep
11. Smile at yourself in the mirror
12. Acknowledge something you did well today
13. Roll your shoulders back, inhale deeply, think a kind thought, and exhale kindness into the world
14. Ask for help
15. Ask, “how can I help?”
16. Volunteer with a local non-profit organization
17. Clean up after yourself
18. Shop small business
19. Write a positive review for a small business
20. Properly use and credit images and other content online
21. Share & credit a blog post that motivates you (it could be this one!)
22. Avoid sharing political content on Facebook, Twitter, etc.
23. Declutter your space and donate unwanted items to charity
24. Don’t spend more than you can afford (of your money, your time, your energy!)
25. Send a thank you note
26. Leave a random note of encouragement on a stranger’s car
27. Forgive someone
28. Get to know someone better
29. Challenge your assumptions
30. Set aside your judgments in a difficult situation
31. Stand up for justice
32. Speak out against bullying
33. Volunteer with children instead of donating toys
34. Adopt, don’t shop (and please don’t give pets as gifts)
35. Share the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, etc.
36. Keep a gratitude journal (on paper, online, whatever!)
37. Choose not to take offense
38. Reach out to someone you haven’t heard from in a while
39. Trust your instincts
40. Give a store coupon to someone standing in the checkout line
41. Leave parking spots close to the store open for families
42. Write someone a recommendation on LinkedIn
44. Share healthy snacks instead of baked goods
46. Help a neighbor rake leaves or shovel snow
47. Offer to babysit for busy parents
48. Adjust your expectations
49. Be joyful
50. Admit when you’re wrong
51. Practice compassion
52. Be the change you want to see in the world