Random Acts of Kindness

We can never have too much kindness. And the great thing about it is that one act of kindness radiates from one person to another - like ripples on the water.

Kindness is contagious! So spread the kindness bug with these random acts of kindness you can do everyday.

Easy

• Pay for the coffee, sandwich or bus fare of the person behind you.
• Invite a new co-worker to lunch.
• Send your boss an email about a co-worker's hard work.
• Leave a nice note on someone's desk.
• Compliment people in front of others.
• Leave nice comments on blogs, Twitter and Facebook.
• Let someone else have your seat on a crowded bus or train.
• Offer a ride to someone.
• Let the person who seems rushed cut in front of you.
• Put a dollar on an expired meter.
• Offer a homeless person a meal or coffee
• Say yes when the cashier asks if you want to donate $1 to a cause.
• Be super kind to the customer rep on the phone and praise them for their help
• Offer to return a shopping trolley for someone loading groceries in their car.
• Leave money for the vending machine for someone else.
• Help a child or older person across the street.
• Leave your waiter a generous tip.
• Set out a lolly dish on your desk at work.
• Hold the elevator for someone.
• Leave 50c pieces at the laundromat.
• Compliment a parent on how well-behaved their child is.

Medium

• Email or write to a person who has made a difference in your life.
• Set up a monthly donation to a charity you care about
• Offer to babysit.
• Donate used towels or blankets to an animal shelter.
• Bake something and share it with a group
• Cook a meal for a family with a new baby.
• Do a friend's pile of laundry.
• Email an inspiring blogger or journalist to thank them for making a difference.
• Spend time with the elderly.
• Surprise the office with donuts or cupcakes.
• Hang out with the person who just moved to town.
• Put sticky notes with words of encouragement on the mirrors in restrooms.
• Wash someone's car.
• Make two lunches and give one away.
• Walk a neighbour's dog.
• Mow a neighbour's lawn.
• Send colouring books to sick kids in the hospital.
• Buy groceries for the person behind you.
• Pay for the person behind you at a drive-thru.
• Offer to help soothe a crying baby while the parents finish shopping.
• Start a piggy bank for a cause.
• Fill a birdhouse with seeds in your garden.
• Donate used books to a library.
• Leave a surprise in your mailbox for your mail carrier.

 

Difficult

• Make up with someone you fell out with
• Adopt an animal from the shelter.
• Organise a Clean-up Drive at the beach.
• Send a care package to a soldier.
• Volunteer in a homeless shelter or soup kitchen
• Help at a vets office.
• Donate Christmas gifts to an orphanage.
• Help someone who has a flat tire.
• Sponsor a child's education for a year.
• Offer your time and talents and teach at a community center.
• Donate blood.