Today is World Smile Day! World Smile Day was founded by a very smart man named Harvey Ball. He believed that random acts of kindness changed lives and that the best random acts of kindness came in the form of smiles. You can read more about Harvey Ball at the World Smile Day site, where random acts of kindness are encouraged on a daily basis. Here are some ideas to help you practice random acts of kindness!
Random Acts of Kindness: Smile
Use your face! Its power to bestow random acts of kindness on anyone – even strangers – is amazing. Try smiling at someone you don’t know! Whether you’re moving to a new neighborhood or spending a day at the beach, a smile is the best accessory to spread acts of kindness no matter what you’re doing. We forget that something as simple as smiles can be considered random acts of kindness. But your random acts of kindness don’t stop with just one smile.
One person smiling at another person causes a ripple effect – a ripple of random acts of kindness!
In addition to offering great smiles, World Smile Day should include the sort of random acts of kindness that inspire people to smile!
Random acts of kindness can be as simple as donating old books to your local library or paying the tab for the person behind you in line. Send an unexpected note to someone you haven’t spoken to in a while or tell your mom that you love her. You’d be surprised how much random acts of kindness can mean to a parent or loved one.
Random Acts of Kindness: More Than Smiles
Random acts of kindness come in all forms. Try donating canned goods to a food bank on a non-holiday (people are hungry 365 days a year!) or bake some cookies for your mailman. These random acts of kindness are guaranteed to reward you with a big smile.
For more ideas on spreading random acts of kindness around, try this list of ways you can carry out random acts of kindness on a daily basis.
Random acts of kindness are contagious. The more you show kindness, the faster it spreads!
What random acts of kindness have touched your life? What random acts of kindness do you plan to perform today? Tell me all about them in the Comments section!