Brookside Cottage

DAY 10: Thankful this day for.......

kindness........

kindness TO others........

kindness FROM others......

kindness that makes your heart......

smile.......

or cry....

November 10 to 16 is

World Kindness Week........

did you know?

Pretty wonderful week I think..........

I have just learned of a wonderful,

uplifting, inspirational site........

they have a list of

"random acts of kindness"

and I thought I would share them with you this week........

here are the first 12:

You Can Make Your Own Life Better by Doing One or Two ofThese Simple Acts of Kindness Every Week:

1. Write a note of appreciation to your mail and newspaper carriers.

2. Compliment a stranger, with sincerity and a smile.

3. If you know someone in financial difficulty, anonymously mail them $5, $10 or $20.

4. Look for anything that can be put away, fixed or picked up. ...(put shopping carts away, pick up some trash, fix something that's fallen over ...etc.)

5. Give a lottery ticket to a stranger.

6. Volunteer your time at a charitable organization.

7. Write a note to management about an individual who has treated you nicely while doing their job. ...(a waiter or waitress, grocery clerk, sales person, mechanic ...etc)

8. Buy something for a stranger from their Amazon.com Wishlist.

9. Cut an article out of the newspaper that would interest a friend and mail it to them.

10. Leave 'Have a Nice Day' stickers for a receptionist or front desk.

11. Clean up gravestones at a local cemetery.

12. When you go out to dinner, order a dessert to go and give it to a neighbor.

And....... a couple of my own:

1. Buy a candy cane and give it to a "bell ringer" stationed outside the stores this time of year.......

2. Tuck a $5 bill into the pocket of a pair of pants in your clothing donation bag.....