Random Acts of Kindness

I have often been told that giving to others helps you take your focus off of your own problems. There's a lot going on in my life right now. So, instead of allowing these things to get me down, I am going to take this wonderful advice. One of my 2010 wishes was to perform one random act of kindness a day. Truthfully, I keep forgetting to remember this. Starting now, I am going to look and think of ways to commit random acts of kindness.

I know what you're thinking..."It's not random if it's planned". While this is true, I still think that ideas will help me to keep focused. For any of you that are reading this, I challenge you to focus on random acts of kindness. I also understand, when you do something nice for others, that you are not supposed to talk about it. However, I am encouraging you to report back with some of the acts that you perform. It will be interesting to see how creative you can get.

Below are some ideas that might help:
1) Pay for the meal for the person in line behind you at a drive-thru
2) Pull your neighbors trash can back to their house on trash day after it has been emptied
3) Pick up trash on the side of the road
4) Give a stranger a compliment
5) Let someone cut in line in front of you in traffic or at the grocery store
6) Leave a flower on someone's windshield with a kind note
7) Send a handwritten card to a friend letting them know what their friendship means to you
8) Buy a lottery ticket for a stranger
9) Stop and help someone whose car has broken down
10) Hand out water at the Greenway
11) Buy someone's meal anonymously at a restaurant
12) Give a huge tip when they least expect it
13) Compliment an employee to his/her manager for a job well done
14) Hug at least 5 people today
15) Compliment a colleague for excellence

As much as I would love to say that these are selfless acts, performing Random Acts of Kindness are a way of doing to others what you would like others to do to you. You know the saying...what goes around, comes around! Why not make positive things come back around to you?

***Here's the how to join the challenge: Become a follower of my blog and write a comment with your RAK.