Sunday 17th is #RandomActOfKindnessDay or #RAKDay.
Have a look at the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation website for more.
I found this awareness day particularly interesting because we take being kind for granted.
In my life, I know I know I do it too.
I might be grateful for someone being kind to me, but I forget to show them how thankful I am, and how much I appreciated it.
Or I might do something kind for someone and not realise how big of an impact I might have made on them.
This post really, is to think about and consider how much we can impact someone’s life with one good word or action.
It doesn’t have to be expensive or cost anything at all.
It doesn’t have to take hours or encroach on our already busy schedules.
Some kind things to do that won’t put us out of routine or what we need to do for ourselves:
smile at someone
buy a homeless person a bite to eat
listen to someone’s story (sometimes listening is more than enough!)
compliment someone
be happy for someone else’s achievements and show them how happy you are for them
call someone that you know might feel lonely
invite someone for a cuppa
bite your tongue when something not nice wants to come out (find your therapist or vent about it in another way)
What other things have you done or have you had others do to you that have been kind?
Let me know in the comments!
