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What Will Your First Act of Random Kindness Be?

6/30/2014

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 Have you ever experienced a random act of kindness from a stranger or an anonymous source? Do you remember how it made you feel? I have been blessed to receive a fair number of random acts of kindness. Think back to times in your life where little things, no matter how insignificant they may have appeared to you resulted in a much larger turn out... That's exactly the kind of thing I am talking about here.You have the power to change someone's life for the better in practicing a random act of kindness. You may simply intervene and lift their spirits and day higher than they thought possible, or you might change their whole way of thinking. One never knows the path another is walking, and a random act of kindness has the potential to completely alter that path for the better. Isn't that a powerful possibility? You bring yourself joy in practicing random acts of kindness. It seems the practitioner of the random act of kindness reaps as much joy as the receiver. You will never feel badly about offering an affirmation to a stranger, nor will you ever feel badly about receiving positive, kind and heartfelt words from an anonymous source. The act is pure and brings both beings closer to the origin of human bliss. Kindness is cyclical. One is what one extends out into the world. Practicing random acts of kindness lifts us up to another level, a more genuine level, one that allows us to receive more love, compassion and kindness and one that keeps our hearts and eyes lifted. We must be open to receive these sentiments and it is by practicing these expressions ourselves that we learn to recognize them and open our hearts to the receipt of them. Kindness is about putting other people ahead of ourselves. It is about taking the time to give someone else a piece of our time -- and time is sometimes our most valuable commodity. Kindness is something that is done voluntarily: it is not something that can be taxed or stolen from us. Nobody controls our decision to show kindness except ourselves. Kindness means not first asking "what is in it for me" but asking ourselves "how can I help this other person." It means seeking to fill a gap in the life of someone who may be struggling, or who has a need. It means not asking for anything in return. Kindness is giving of ourselves without considering what will come back in our direction. Kindness always puts others first.
That all being said........what will you do in kindness? What will your first act of random kindness be? Share on today and I promise you won't regret it ever!

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This months Random Act of Kindness.......
Return your shopping cart and hand it to a person just coming in the store.
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    Operation: Share Ashleigh's Heart

    

    Began when Ashleigh Lindsey’s mom was struggling with the most negative experience any mother could have…the murder of a child and unborn grandchild. March 21st was Tara Woodlee’s birthday but instead of a day full of celebration it became a day full of tears and sadness. On March 21st, 2012 was the day Ashleigh called her Mom crying from a bathroom. She had been burnt in the face with a cigarette by her then finance, Joshua Mahaffey. It was the day Ashleigh’s nightmare of physical abuse began at the hands of the man she loved. What was worse for Tara was that Joshua’s birthday was the same day as Tara’s. How do you share a birthday with the murderer of your child?      

    In March of 2014, Tara decided that she wanted to turn that Negative into a Positive! She thought of Ashleigh and how full of life and generosity. If anything could overcome evil it was Ashleigh’s heart. She was big on random acts of kindness every day. She didn’t have to think twice about doing them it was just in her nature. So, Tara made a list of the top 20 things she saw her daughter do in kindness and created an event on Facebook. She asked friends and family to join in and Operation: Share Ashleigh’s Heart began. On March 21st, 2014 over 450 people made a commitment to do one act of random kindness in honor of Ashleigh Marie Lindsey. The response was overwhelming.

    Since….Operation: Share Ashleigh’s heart did so much to heal Tara’s heart since she pledge to do all 20 acts of kindness on the list with in a weeks’ time…She thought….why not make this a yearly event. Better yet, why not make this a blog where ideas can be shared on how to change one person’s day with a single unselfish act. And Ashleigh’s Heart Lives On!!!!!!

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