LITTLE ACTS OF KINDNESS

Firstly, I would like to start by saying Hello!

It’s Gale Cotta here…

I’m pleased to write this post for you all. ”Little Acts of Kindness”, what are they?

WHAT DOES KINDNESS MEAN TO ME?

We can start being kind by doing small things. I always start my day with a bright, happy and positive smile. The smile that I give myself daily helps me think positively and in turn helps me make others around me happy.

We can start our life journey by doing small acts of kindness at home itself and then taking those acts of kindness to the wider world and society at large. You can help your family in different ways without them actually asking for help or asking you for a favour. For example, allowing your parents to go out on occasional dates while you take care of the household chores. Helping out in the kitchen or even helping out grandparents with their daily activities are other acts of kindness which you can do.

These days while we are at home all the time due to the lockdown, it is the perfect time to start a new and fresh life by doing kind deeds for others. Once in a while, it is a good habit to wake up early and surprise your family by making breakfast for them. Surprise them with handmade gifts, with whatever resources available to you. You can also surprise your friends with some flowers or anything they like even if it is not a grand occasion. These acts are sure to bring a smile on their faces and bring a ray of hope to their lives amidst all this uncertainty. Sharing your talents to make people happy or feel better can also be another way of being kind. Feeding the homeless, giving gifts to the poor and visiting the old or those sick can be a very beautiful experience, not forgetting orphans too.

Pampering yourself is a way of being kind to yourself, more like self-care

And if you are a school or college goer or even if you are working, with whatever you can and whichever way you can, make sure to help those in need or in some difficulties. You can do this by collecting funds for them which is for a good cause and definitely an act of kindness.

Hold a door open
Send an encouraging text
Write a thank you note
Volunteer at a care home
Offer to babysit
Spend time with your grandparents
Send flowers
Bring a friend a latte
Smile at random people
Say please and thank you
Do someone else’s chores
Give someone a hug
Donate clothes, books or stationery
Paste positive notes around your community (if permitted to do so)
Write a thank you note on the bins for the bin collectors
Randomly select a less known business and write a positive review for them
Collect litter that you see on the road and bin it
Let an old person go ahead of you while you’re in the queue
Buy gifts for children in an orphanage
Send letters with many stickers for all the kids in your family
Leave some change in vending machines for the homeless
Carry around loose change and put it in tip jars
Help buying books and other school supplies for those children who are less fortunate
Compliment people as much as you can
Help someone who is having a tough day
Give someone a high five (while social distancing)
Forgive someone for a mistake
Help clean up
Spend time with a friend
Be a good listener
Donate toys to charity
Spend time with your pets
Bake some cookies for your neighbours
Donate to a food bank
Donate old blankets, towels and rags to animal shelters
Leave a generous tip at a restaurant
Help someone before they ask
Donate to your favourite charity
Bake treats and deliver them to your local police station
Call a relative just to say hello
Pick up litter at the park
Carry a stranger’s grocery bag
Thank your teacher or professor
Hug your parents and siblings
Tell someone how much you love them
Help make dinner
Create art as a surprise gift
Send a postcard to a friend
Write a love letter
Share produce out of your garden
Create a gratitude list
Do a chore for your siblings
Tweet something uplifting to a random keyworker
Leave positive chalk messages while on a walk
Sings songs to others who need to be uplifted
Make dinner for a family in need
Serve food at a homeless shelter
Insert coins into someone’s parking meter
Give a family member breakfast in bed
Pack an extra lunch for a co-worker
Do a favour without asking anything in return
Thank a friend with a gift
Stop at a child’s lemonade stand
Wash someone’s car
Adopt an animal from an animal shelter
Help someone unload groceries
Gift someone a gift card
Read to a younger sibling
Post a drawing to your grandparents
Participate in a charity walk
Invite someone new to your place
Freely offer your skills to help
Give someone a lottery ticket
Mow a neighbour’s lawn
Donate books to a library
Leave nice notes on peoples cars
Befriend someone who is by themselves or seems lonely
Spend one day saying only positive things about people
Offer your seat to someone on the bus or train
Leave a funny note in a library book to make someone smile
Leave nice notes of encouragement in your kids lunch boxes
Donate sanitary napkins to a women’s shelter
Leave a basket of food on someone’s door step
Drop off muffins or doughnuts at the fire station
Take a cup of coffee for your child’s teacher
Offer to walk a neighbour’s dog
Leave a gift for your mail carrier
Help a neighbour with gardening
Write small thank you notes for your family
Appreciate 5 people today
Consider sponsoring a child abroad
Sponsor someone’s education
Teach someone a new language
Make cards for kids in hospital
Call a family member “just because”
Inspire someone
Give a secret gift to someone
Put positive sticky notes on mirrors
Plant a tree
Contribute 10 or more minutes to a good cause
Defend someone
Express concern for someone with needs
Talk to someone shy or lacking confidence

Whenever you can say hello to a stranger or greet him/her with a smile. So, let us start a new life with these acts of kindness and some more.

Always keep smiling !

Goodbye!!!

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LITTLE ACTS OF KINDNESS

WHAT DOES KINDNESS MEAN TO ME?