Day 10 - give out a roll of quarter's at Aldi's: for those of you who may not be familiar, Aldi's is an economically priced grocery store and in a cost saving tactic, requires a quarter to deposit in the cart (you get your quarter back when you return the cart). I have been at Aldi's several times without a quarter, and when someone else gave me a quarter, it made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside! Lesson #10: Even though the sun was setting and the temperature was dropping when I finished, I got comments from "God bless you" to "Thank you for reminding me that there are people in the world who do good things!" It is nice for all of this to have this reminder, and I am glad to be on the reverse side this time. Day 11 - apply to be a RAKtivist: I just found out this is Random Acts of Kindness Week, so I applied to be a RAKtivist (Random Acts of Kindness Activist) at randomactsofkindness.org/kindness-ideas, and was accepted on Valentine's Day! Lesson #11: There are 114 ideas for how you can participate in Random Acts of Kindness, from helping the environment to helping the elderly to helping your community to helping a stranger and the categories go on! Even if you are apprehensive about applying, take the courage to do so, as I did, and very soon you may be participating in monthly acts of kindness as part of a new society (kind of like a secret club). Use #RAKWEEK2018 this week in any posts about Random Acts of Kindness, and sign up to be a RAKtivist at randomactsofkindness.org. Day 12 - place a kindness box in a restaurant: When I was out to eat at Homegrown Wichita, I saw a cute kindness box in their restaurant (somewhere to place a compliment about your experience, uplifting words of encouragement, or just a happy quote), and I wanted to spread the concept. So, I designed a box with words like "kindness," "friendship," compliments," and "love" and took it to Gabby's Catering, a local Peruvian restaurant that serves yummy Papas a la Huancaína, which is a dish that I loved to eat while in Bolivia. I explained the idea to a new waitress, who was all smiles when she took the box, and it was obvious that she was touched by the personalization with which I presented what she received as a gift. Lesson # 12: You can really make someone's day by saying nice things about their place of business, and I made a new friend in the process!
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AuthorValerie Ellis, who is in alignment with the Black Lives Matter Movement and everyone whose life is impacted, now or before, by times of social injustice. Archives
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