Stories of Kindness from Around the World

Water Conservation

There has been a water crisis in our city due to climate change, failure of monsoons, unplanned growth in the city, lack of water conservation awareness, rain water harvesting. I helped form a water conservation committee in our community, together drafted a set of water conservation guidelines and shared it across all the residents in our community. To raise the awareness that water should be treated as a currency, I helped install water meters for all the houses in our community and shared the readings for the past couple of months.

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Be Enchanted 😊

I ordered this book on the recommendation of gardengal and it was delivered this afternoon.

I thought it would be a good book to put into the Happy Bag I posted about earlier, for our neighbor-friend’s Mom. I can order another one for myself. I think this would be a good book for her to read as she undergoes her lung cancer treatments.

📕 One review: “This book has nuggets of gold, great wisdom that will serve in the practice of waking up to the sacred in all.”

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🧶❤️🧶 Crocheting

❤️🧶. Finished crocheting the baby blanket for my Dentist’s daughter who is expecting her first baby & will give it to her next week at my appointment to give to her daughter.

❤️🧶 I also have two “hugs” (prayer shawls) I crocheted to gift to some family members who are coming to visit us today. Haven’t seen them in a few years & am excited to be with them later today.

Love & Light in every stitch 🥰

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Kindness In A New City

Hi friends,  I'm connecting with you all after a very long time. The epidemic had caused havoc in my extended family and I had been busy looking after my family. Last year I relocated to a new city with my husband and daughter and got busy settling in. This place is very different from where I lived before and we had a lot of adjusting. Now that things are running smoothly due to God’s help, I thought of letting you know about a kind act my daughter had the opportunity to enact, a week before.  We had a religious ceremony at home. We in India keep many fruits and sweetmeats at God’s altar and eat them before breakfast. After the ceremony, I told my daughter that there were so many extra things we wouldn’t finish. She suggested that she go with her father and look for someone who deserves all these extra fruits, etc. ... Read Full Story >>

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Visamo Kids Visit Plus

Visamo Kids Visit Plus

On December 15, I visited Visamo Kids to help enroll my friend SD's son. I had a nice talk with a staff member. I told Intense Positive thinking , Fatemah story, Kind Spring and mindyjourney's peace doves. I also told her that I visited Visami Kind about four years ago to conduvt a bookmark and greeting card making workshop. She agreed to receive quote cards and books from me. I am grateful to her.

Today, December 18, I sent books, QC.s and BMs as shown in the image.

Visamo Kids is like our dear KS friend KM Bhai's mini library where kids stay and learn.

https://visamokids.org/

I am grateful to Sri Sathya Sai Baba for all the opportunities sending my way and His help and guidance.to manifest them.

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🕊️ Waiting Room Peace Summit 🕊️

That’s Gretchen in the photo. She was waiting for her car to be serviced too. We had never met before and not sure we will again, but wow, what an encounter! It was one of those brief, open, heart-to-heart, synchronistic connections that bloomed with the radiance of divine love. When I asked what she was reading she said, “The Anatomy of Peace,” a book her sister had sent in response to a few months of silence from her sister. Gretchen was puzzled. Why this book? What message was her sister trying to convey? “Forgiveness. That’s the biggest thing,” Gretchen said. I agreed. “Families. They are our most challenging lessons.” That opened a share about my brother, who had disowned our family over 20 years ago. An origami peace dove fairly flew out of my purse into her hand, and then another to share with her estranged sister. I’ve signed out “The Anatomy of Peace” from the online Libby ... Read Full Story >>

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Sharing….

🍊 Big carton of honeybells & grapefruits delivered to us today from friend in Florida….always way too much for the two of us & opportunity to share with friends & neighbors.

I put the word out & folks will be stopping by later for some 👌🏻

That’s the best gift…one you can share with others ❤️

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Moving from deficiency to offerings

Spoke to my cousin for 3 hours. He is going through a difficult breakup and his anxiety was acting up. Through the conversation, helped him feel things he was not allowing himself to feel but also shift him gradually to remember the unique gifts he brings to the world so that he can move to a more open hearted space. We both left the conversation feeling full and nourished.

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Three Days Of Kindness ...

Three days of Kindness (March 19-21, 2024) Gave some quote cards , Sri Ram’s photos to Utthan. Gave some quote cards, Shri Ram Photos and positive thinking books to my Divine sister. Again , made and gave shiro for sick old lady At the bank, kept door open for customers. Gave some quote cards and Sri Ram’s photos to bank customers and staff. One bank employee helped filling form for my friend SD. I thanked him and gifted him an inspiring book. Greeted many people with smiles. Received many s,iles in return. Also received many smiles of gratitudes after giving quote cards and Shri Ram’s photos and cracking jokes. At bus stop and in the bus, I gave many quote cards and Shri Rama’s photos during all of my bus rides. Cracked many jokes with people during these three days. At the supermarket, let two people behind me buy before me. Bought and gave groceries to needy ... Read Full Story >>

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Burger to share

Day 2:
I saw one of the fellows I sometimes help near my work. He was at a bus stop near McDonald's. I asked if he was hungry. He told me he would love a McDouble, no drink because he already had one. So, I got him the burger and he thanked me.

#AprilRAOK

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Books Donation

It was time to clean up our book shelves and my wife is very regular in giving items away. Today, we donated about 30 books of old classics and autobiographies to a book store who gladly accepted it. I am sure it will delight some one else looking to get a copy of these books.

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My Family Played This Game

My family played this game once during the holidays and it wasn't our cup of tea. Brought it to work today with an "Up for Grabs" sign. Came back and it was gone. Hoping it found its forever home.

#AprilRAOK

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Nature Friends - deep-casting

I go for my morning walk daily and I always carry grains to feed my nature friends . I have made friends with two squirrel and two pigeon and lots of ants. When ever I sit for meditation I spread those grains in front of me and they immediately come and start eating . its just amazing to see them come and trust you .

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Sweet Happenings In The Morning

🏡 Things that felt good today on our block…. 💫 I heard the sanitation truck outside our door this morning (Monday is one of our two collection days)…..I went out & saw the fellow a few doors down & called out to him with a thank you & happy holidays…he looked up, smiled, waved and wished me the same. He always handles the trash cans with care & takes the time to go the extra steps to return the cans off the walking path. Some guys toss the cans down haphazardly on the path where people walk…this guy never does that. He’s on our Christmas gratuity list 👌🏻 💫 I was out on our front porch when the mailman was making his rounds on our block…I could hear his laughter as he was getting closer to our house(he was on his cell phone)..his laughter was infectious & was nice to hear. When ... Read Full Story >>

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Sai Baba's Birthday And Thanksgiving

Sai Baba's Birthday and Thanksgiving Celebrations November 23 is Sri Sathya Sai Baba's Birthday. This year it also was Thanksgiving Day. The day started with a heartfelt prayer, “May everyone, in the whole world, be happy.” Sent inspiring message to a friend. I got reply: Lovely message. Need to daily remember this and try and live accordingly. I used to offer Date-nut sweets to Sai Devotees at Flushing, New York Sai Center on Sai Baba's Birthday. So, I visited author - friend Ramesh Tanna. Gave, date-nut sweets, a bag of spicy home-made snacks, fruits and books as if offering to Sai Baba. Gave personalized bookmarks for his helpers. Donated for a sewing machine. Made some donations during the day as offering to Sai Baba. At the bank, gave handkerchiefs made by Umang-Utthan. Gave milk and Biscuits to kids. Ramesh Tanna fixed an appointment for me to visit Academy of Yoga and Balance Therapy. I am grateful to him. I celebrated Thanksgiving ... Read Full Story >>

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Blankets And Warm Clothes For The Homeless

Years ago, a local man (vancouver BC (canada) named Gregory Ould encountered a homeless man, and approached asked him if there was something he could do to help him.

Greg was expecting the man may want something like cigarettes, but the man in need said he could use a blanket to make it through the night on the cold streets.

Greg went and got a blanket for him, and since then, Greg and his young son started an organization called Blanket BC, which collects blankets and warm clothes to be distributed to shelters that help the homeless.

An annual Drive on the Line event was held this past Friday and Saturday, with “Blanketeers” collecting the donations at select Canada Line stations (our local version of a subway) .

I have been a Blanketeer in years past, and dropped off 2 warm jackets on Friday.

Info: www.blanketbc.org
 

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Blankets For Babies..

👶🏻 🧶 👶🏻 Finished crocheting both baby blankets today for the twins due Christmas Eve. Will wrap them up & give them to the proud papa-to-be when we go to his family’s restaurant later this week.

Tis the season to have babies it seems….off to crochet yet another for friends’ son & daughter-in-law who are also expecting their first 👶🏻

That makes 5 babies who I have been happily crocheting for this past month 👌🏻

The gift is in the giving….my joy ❤️

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❤️ Each Of Us

🌈 "I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. "
Edward Everett Hale

💪 “We do what we can, as we are able
Each of us has something to put on the kindness table 💗
🧶 Some bake, some make quote cards, some crochet
Some make peace doves to give away 🕊
👌🏻So many ways to share
With love, letting someone know we care” ❤️
~ The Mishinator 🥰

🤗 ((WEdnesday GROUP HUGS/BLESSINGS) 🤗


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There's A Tradition Of Rubber Ducky

There's a tradition where Jeep owners leave a rubber ducky on each other's door handles to then display on their dashboard. I don't have a Jeep, but I have a lot of rubber duckies -- my graduating class in grad school got in trouble for leaving ducks all over our campus lol

I have a neighbor with a Jeep that is now all decked out in decorations for the holidays, so I left them a festive duck to add to their collection :)

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I Created A Card For My Teacher

I created a card for a teacher who spreads so much kindness and joy in her classroom. I needed her to know that she is appreciated, and since she is a fan of Tupac, I printed his picture and quoted him, "You are appreciated."

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