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comments (6) | email this | print | permalink A Saturday Well Spent--posted by Bluebell, on Jan 31, 2012
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It was a beautiful morning and I decided to take advantage of the lovely weather and go out for a walk. I was feeling grateful for the fresh air, sun shining, and birds chirping and all of a sudden came across this sign on the sidewalk! It said "good morning, go on an adventure, make a stranger smile". comments (4) | email this | print | permalink Be Open. Be Ready. Look for Opportunities to be Kind.--posted by Gilgenbach, on Jan 28, 2012
comments (18) | email this | print | permalink Starting A New Life With Smile Cards--posted by upasaka, on Jan 27, 2012
comments (12) | email this | print | permalink Broken Bodies, Broken Minds, Amazing Spirits!--posted by hasifa, on Jan 26, 2012
comments (20) | email this | print | permalink Lonesome Boy At A Gas Station--posted by GypsyLover, on Jan 25, 2012
comments (9) | email this | print | permalink On Passing Around Smiles...--posted by KP, on Jan 23, 2012 One of my intentions for 2011 was to continue surrounding myself with a community of individuals that helped bring the best out in me. By the end of 2011, naturally and serendipitously, I was introduced to group of individuals that gets together one Wednesday per month to meditate and discuss a passage. After my second month of joining this great group of individuals, I sat down with a couple of the organizers, to get to know one and other better. What I assumed would be a lighthearted getting to know one and other session, became an a heartfelt discussion with presence. It felt ... comments (34) | email this | print | permalink Turning Rain Into Sunshine - For A Dollar!--posted by debbiewright, on Jan 20, 2012
I go to one of those "everything's a dollar" stores and purchase several umbrellas to keep in my car. When I am driving somewhere in the rain and see someone stranded without any shelter I pull up by the roadside and hand them an umbrella.
It brings out a smile every time! :)
comments (17) | email this | print | permalink Helping a Girl Get Married--posted by RMB333, on Jan 20, 2012 A few years back during the time that my aged mother was bedridden, her attendant happened to be a young woman. She was caring and kind, though not trained in her profession. When we heard her personal story our hearts sank. She was to get married to her fiance in the near future and according to their custom the bride had to wear a valuable, colorful saree with gold accessories. In addition, she had to give away 12 sarees plus matching jackets. This all would cost her a lot. Seeing how my parents had helped the people who worked for ... comments (12) | email this | print | permalink Read More Stories >> |
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My son, daughter, and I have been trying to write to people in our family and friends who are going through difficult times. So, recently we decided to make personal note cards for this purpose. My children sat down immediately and wrote to my brother with cancer, my sister with a sick husband, and an elderly friend living in a nursing center. I was so proud of them for being so thoughtful!
Then, my son went out of the room and I heard a lot of whispering between my daughter and him. Well, my sister was over and had mentioned ... 
Today my heart is full of joy and gratefulness for my family and for the beautiful people I encountered today. My husband worked all night as a police volunteer and got home at 5.30 a.m. in the morning and then left at 4 p.m. this afternoon for another shift. My daughter spent the morning with some friends and neighbors raising money for a very famous charity in our town and also helped one of her friend's dad raise money for a sponsored climb of a mountain in Morocco.
And what did I do? Well, I bought some cakes for my daughter and her ... 
What a wonderful and unexpected message to read! Random acts of kindness come in so many different shapes and forms, I'm scheming of how to pay it forward this week! 
Today I prayed for ideas on ways to be kind.
My first opportunity came at a restaurant. A little girl dropped a dollar and walked off. I picked up the dollar and ran after her, giving it to her mother. "She dropped this," I said.
Then at the store, there was an elderly man looking at firewood. He had a cane, and I couldn't see him carrying the firewood by himself, so I approached him and asked if he needed help. He said that he was just looking, but he seemed grateful that I asked.
Inside the store, I found a bouquet of ... 
I have been trying recently to help a young girl who begs on the street.
Well, a few days ago she shared some good news with me. She has been offered a job in another town! It's about 150 km away and she will be moving there in a week or so.
Realizing that moving and starting a new job would require several things she couldn't afford I picked up a $50 Walmart gift card and gave it to her along with ten Smile cards.
I explained that this was actually two gifts. The Walmart card was one gift but the smile cards ... 
Yesterday I went to the nursing home to visit my step mom’s grandma.
She just got out of the hospital recently where she underwent some serious operations. I wanted to surprise her after work so I stopped by for a quick visit.
When I got there she was happy to see me. We hugged, kissed and exchanged greetings. Then I heard a woman crying. It was my great grandma’s roommate. The curtain was drawn so I could not see her. She started calling out a name that wasn't mine but she was definitely talking to me, begging me to go to her ... 
I have been fortunate enough to come from a family that has always been there for me, no matter what. Like all other families we have our differences of opinions, our fall-outs, our arguments, but we always make up and all is well again. Even in my high school and college days – misbehaving in abundance – I had supportive parents who would discipline me, but always left the door open.
I was at the gas station filling up one day when I saw a boy in his teens. (I was a college student then.) I noticed there was something not ... | Home | About Us | Our Friends | Get Involved | Contact us |  |  |  |