I recently posted an article that was written about my class’s Random Acts of Kindness Project and was also shown on our county’s website. A county employee read the article and was so touched by it she pledged to do five random acts of kindness that day in honor of our class!
She sent the children stickers that day. The next day she sent them lollipops. A few days later she sent a CD she made, entitled "Random Acts of Kindness Songs."
I was so touched by her generosity and effort that I decided to have the kids make something for her. I took Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Kindness Garden" poem, printed it on cards and had the children make fingerprint flowers to decorate the cards.
We sent two dozen of these to our new friend and asked her to share them with those around her. She sent an email back saying her heart was full and her eyes were welling with tears.
It has been a wonderful exchange of kindness and I hope she uses the cards we sent to touch many more hearts.
“Kind hearts are the gardens
Kind thoughts are the roots
Kind words are the flowers
Kind deeds are the fruits
Take care of your garden
And keep out the weeds
Fill it with sunshine
Kind words and kind deeds”
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- Posted by kidzfirst
- Jul 26, 2013
- Comments (21)
Readers Comments
sandy smelik wrote: May i order these cards with the ocean and kindness on the sand?
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moral12 wrote: Very, very nice! Loved the poem!
Gabster107 wrote: That is great
Gabster107 wrote: Awesome
jabp wrote: Thank you so much for sharing this story and poem; i will share on! ;) 's!
Marshabarton12 wrote: Love the poem. Going to use it with my girl scouts!
Casey wrote: Love this. I am going ot organize a random acts of kindness challenge for my church. Expecting it to run for a month with the hopes that it will continue long after the 'offical' date.
nora wingate wrote: Great job i went to dig out my leather bound wordsworth and was disapointed to see its not in this book thank you for your great effort love its the best nora
niececatz wrote: So wonderful! Thanks for sharing and inspiring kindness in the wee ones!
