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comments (6) | email this | print | permalink Cookies and Smiles at the Office--posted by MakeSomeoneSmile, on Jul 31, 2010
Wednesday was my day of scheduled kindness this week and I decided to do something at my work. We are going through a lot of change in the office. Many people are nervous and anxious over all of the changes. I thought this would be a great opportunity to bring a little kindness where it could spread some smiles to some people who need that. I decided to bring in a bunch of heart shaped cookies that I had seen in the shop and I made a little card that said: “Help yourself and don’t forget to smile!” which I put next to the goodies, along with a stack of Smile Cards. I’ll have to sneak them in so as not to be seen. It’s more fun if they have to try to figure out where they came from anyway!
comments (7) | email this | print | permalink A Lesson in Gratefulness From A Child on the Street--posted by twocents, on Jul 30, 2010 A story from a little while ago... On the way to dinner last week, we spotted a kid on the sidewalk doing his homework by the dim light of the street lamp across the road. He probably had no electricity at home, and this was the only way he could study after dark. Moreover, he was rather emaciated -- he probably eats less in a day than I eat in a meal. It was so touching to see his dedication that I felt a knot in my throat. I immediately thought of the Aurolab engineer who was the first person in his ... comments (2) | email this | print | permalink Valentine's Day Kindess Inspiration--posted by irishgirl, on Jul 29, 2010
When I was purchasing Valentine's Day gifts earlier this year, I got to thinking about how I can make the most of the holiday opportunity. I came up with an idea to gift my department co-workers as well as a few strangers. My department is pretty small: there's only 4 people including me and with the monotonous daily tasks we do all day everyday we could all use a little pick-me-up in there. So, I decided to get each of my co-workers a little box of Guylain Chocolates (yummy Belgian chocolate) and an old-fashioned Valentine Card (you know, the kind you gave out in elementary school). With the left over Valentine Cards I'm picked some random women out of the phone book and mailed them the cards along with Smile Cards (got the idea from the Phonebook Tagging article here on HelpOthers). What woman doesn't want an extra Valentine on Valentine's day?
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comments (9) | email this | print | permalink Helping Others Heals Ourselves--posted by slappywalker, on Jul 27, 2010 College was the best of times and the worst of times for me. I met the best friends of my life, had unimaginable experiences, and traveled to new places, but I also folded under more stress than I ever had to deal with before. As a result of bad grades, bad study skills, and pure burnout, I ended up being asked to take a semester off at the end of the first semester of my senior year. All the friends I had made were going to graduate and all I knew was that I wouldn't be graduating with them. So I ... comments (2) | email this | print | permalink Helping An Old Man To Find Joy Again--posted by 2zdrbz, on Jul 27, 2010
comments (17) | email this | print | permalink A Moment to Interact En Route to the Ocean--posted by mafrika, on Jul 26, 2010 It's a small berautiful moment., but worth the share... I was walking down to the ocean, taking in the moments, when I noticed an obviously physically challenged man who began to walk down the stairs behind me. I noticed him and thought how often society marginilses folks like him. Immediatley the thought inspired a South African greeting "howzit" I said, with a smile. He seemed not to notice. I walked with him down the stairs and asked him, "Have you had a swim yet this season?" "No," he responded, surprising me slightly with his vocal challenge, "I'm still recovering from a car accident." ... comments (4) | email this | print | permalink Paying It Forward On The Ski Slopes--posted by Denise413, on Jul 25, 2010
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I want to say thanks to all of you for your special notes and ideas, after I sent my request for 'gifting acts of kindness ideas' for my nephew's birthday last month. I was excited to hear from some of you with suggestions. Pancho suggested that I give him my attention -- as the greatest gift one human being can give another -- yes! Nipun helped out by sharing his own story, and got me thinking further about how I could do a kindness tag, Idaho style. I gave that kid some super-duper hugs, not to mention every bit of attention I could ... 
It was May in Bangkok, and even though I had arrived from India after 6 months of volunteer work, the heat and humidity was exhausting. After a long day of temple visiting, I fell asleep on the sky train for about 5 minutes, only to wake up seconds before the door was about to slam shut at my stop. As I rush out onto the platform, I realize that my wallet is gone!
First thought: I'd been pickpocketed while I slept on the train.
Second thought: Bravo to the pickpocket!
My wallet had been in my front pocket and I was sitting down ... 
It's no secret that we've had some pretty crazy weather in the Maryland area this past winter. We had 15 inches of snow during one month followed by 28 more inches.
Whenever it snowed like that, I packed my things up and stayed at my mom's house, both to help her with shoveling and for the ease of getting my car out of the driveway to get to work rather than attempting it from my mountain side driveway.
I did about 4 hours of shovelling one day and only managed to dig us out of the house and a small walking path ... 
This year had been very difficult financially for my family due to budget cuts, layoffs, and unforeseen circumstances and with the holiday season around the corner, I didn’t know how I was going to buy Christmas presents for my children until my very own Santa showed up.
One day while window shopping with my 4 month old son, a stranger walked up to me and began a conversation asking the usual baby questions like how old is he, will Santa be coming to see him, was he my only child, etc. After a few minutes of talking, he introduced himself as Ralph, and asked ... 
My husband and I were excited to take a day off from work to ski Winter Park and then continue on to Grand Lake to snowshoe for the rest of our anniversary weekend this past winter. We arrived at Winter Park with discount coupon in hand, but to my surprise, the clerk pushed it back my way stating that it was not valid on this particular day. The discount was to buy two tickets for $50 each. Being very disappointed I asked how much a regular ticket would cost, and she said $94! Needless to say, I was very unhappy.
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