Birthday Donations
messaged my Kenyan friend to wish him a 'Happy Birthday!'. He told me that instead of spending money on a party, he chose to visit a juvenile facility and spend the money on donations. He donated personal items like toilet tissue and soap which are not provided by the state. What a tremendous way to spend a birthday!
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- Dec 8, 2015
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A Different Birthday Bash
e had an amazing birthday party today. Our friend who is in her early 60's has health issues and we see her fighting each day. Heavily diabetic she lost her vision, her leg was amputated and the heavy antibiotics have damaged her kidneys beyond repair so she is on dialysis 3 days a week. In her good days she has been a dancer, singer and a happy lady. After she lost her vision and her ailments life came to a stand still. These days she has become a recluse. It was her birthday and few of her friends decided to gift her some happy moments. Ten of them gathered together with different types of foods prepared for her, somebody ferried her to her friends house where the party was to take place. She was so overwhelmed by all the love showered on her that tears of j
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- Mar 11, 2016
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A Gift Of Love For Berni 2017
I love my sister Berni. She is so good to me. It's her birthday tomorrow and I wanted to gift her something special. She and her family often feature in my KindSpring posts so I made a book of some of my stories. There are 150 pages in it, including the comments to each post. I put the KindSpring logo in the header area of each page and when the book was complete, I brought it to be professionally bound. I've also included a post where I told you I was preparing a book for her birthday and asked you to wish her a happy birthday. So you're in it too!!! The spine has the words A gift of love to Berni 2017. I included a Dedication page to her and at the very back I included a large photo of her lovingly holding one of my father's caps at her son'
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- Feb 23, 2017
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A New Birthday Tradition Started A Cycle Of Kindness
spent a few hours today with my younger granddaughter, Anna, in preparation of her upcoming fourth birthday. One of our missions for the day was to work together to do four acts of kindness. We watched this video together: http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=7641. I saw the emotion on her face change as the feelings of the main character changed. I knew she "got it." We talked about being kind to others, I explained our "project" and set off to do some shopping. Anna loves babies and always wants to walk through the "baby aisles." She found a little outfit that she wanted to get. I told her I knew a baby it would fit and showed her a picture of her. Anna's face lit up. We purchased the outfit (on sale!) and went home to make a card to s
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- Jun 11, 2017
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A Very Simple Celebration
very simple celebration! I celebrated my birthday with a tea shop's worker and his wife. Both of them work at the tea stall. They don't have any children. I just sat with them and asked them, what would they like to eat? They smiled and didn't ask for anything. They told me "just spend some time with us." After half hour, I again asked them to eat something, but they didn't ask for anything. When I forced them and said I want to give you a party, his wife smiled and said, "just bring an apple." I was surprised and asked "an apple, why only an apple? I can bring ten pieces." She replied very politely, "please bring only an apple." I went to the market and bought an apple and gave it to her. She divided it in three part
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- Nov 24, 2019
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My Mom's Birthday
y mom's birthday is coming up and I've been asking her for a while what she wants. Every time I've asked, she said the same things, that she's got everything she needs, she's got her 5 kids and she's got her health. So I've decided to make her a "photo book". It is what it is: a book of photos, with whatever storyline you want to make. So I've decided I'd do one called "50 Things I Love about My Mom" (I picked 50 as that's what she's about to turn). I've been asking my siblings what they love about our mom, and I've generated quite the list. I've also found accompanying photos from our albums to go along with it. I can't wait to get it printed. Here's one from my little sister: "She ba
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- Mar 16, 2020
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Cookies For The Local DJ
ne of the things I did in April was to make a batch of cookies for my local radio DJ's. A couple weeks ago one of them had a birthday so I called to wish her a happy birthday. The other DJ told me that the birthday-DJ hadn't realized that I had delivered only one plate of the goodies and took them ALL home accidentally. I told him I'd make him another batch and deliver them to his home since he lives 2 minutes walking distance from my house. Yesterday I surprised him leaving them for him and his wife. #AprilRAOK
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- Jun 12, 2020
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Birthday Gift
oday I gave a surprise visit to my music teacher at his house for his birthday. And I gave him a bouquet of flowers, a card, and a pothos plant (money plant). But the treat that I received was beyond my expectations! His wife and he shared a full lunch with me of a delicious sweet dish, curry, and vegetables alongside watermelon juice. They even packed food for me for my family along with figs from their tree. I feel so grateful for their company as they are very peaceful, simple, and kind people to be with. I started to feel like it was my birthday. :)
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- Sep 9, 2021
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Birthday Care Day
hen we go on walks my husband often talks about the litter he sees on the sidewalk. So on his birthday, he decided to do some clean-up. I took a picker and he held a big trash bag. Together we did litter pickup on the sidewalk near the high school. I was surprised that the bag filled up so quickly and we dumped it in the roadside trash bin and repeated the process two more times. It gave a sense of satisfaction to know that we did what we could for our Mother Earth. We thought of doing this on a regular basis; maybe once a month. Afterward, we had a nice cup of tea and enjoyed his cake. :) Every day after waking up is a birthday in some sense, and it would be so nice to practice starting with a fresh beginning and a kinder heart every day. :)
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- Dec 27, 2021
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For The Footpath Children ...
or The Footpath Children ❤️ Kindness with Divine sister's Birthday celebration in mind. Recently bought school supplies, such as uniforms and slippers and gave them to the children, most of whom live on the footpath. I thought most of the students were done needing school supplies, but fortunately I was blessed with new contacts. So, I shopped for more items as shown in the image. Replaced short zippers with long ones for girl's uniforms. Sewed belts and repaired some. Sorted according to student's name for easier giving. I began giving supplies to celebrate my divine sister's birthday on September 15th, along with cookie packets, quote cards, birthday quote cards, bookmarks, and mindyjourney’s Dove message - with quotes and dov
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- Oct 17, 2022
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Surprise Birthday Present For A Little Patient
have a patient that just turned four, so I got him a balloon that says "Happy Birthday!" and a Spiderman birthday card (he loves Spiderman and baseball) for all of us in the clinic to sign for him. The card even came with a Spiderman bracelet, he was so excited when he came in yesterday for this little surprise! He gave us all a great big hug
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- Dec 19, 2022
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Perfect Timing…..
️ 🎈 A surprising & perfect synchronicity happened to us yesterday as we were walking home….we had stopped to pick up birthday/Valentine’s balloons to gift our neighbor-friend, whose birthday is on Valentine’s Day. She’s been recovering from a very serious motorcycle accident a few months ago that left her with 3rd degree burns. She’s doing well in her recovery. Anyway, as we were walking, guess who pulled up in their car & offered us a ride home…yup, you guessed it…she & her husband! I smiled wide, handed her the balloons & said these are for you, Happy Birthday! A Heaven sent synchronicity, wouldn't you say! 🎈❤️
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- Mar 21, 2023
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92nd Birthday Meal
ope you are all doing well today and spending Quality time with those you Love and Love you in turn. I'm still on my healthy diet and continuing to share with those less fortunate. Two days ago, I heard an Elder was having her 92nd birthday. So I prepared a large order of sweet'n sour ribs with a batch of chicken fried rice and took a plate for her, with fresh garlic bread and salad, with bottled water. I found her playing bingo at our local hall and sang Happy Birthday for her in front of the entire hall, and some even joined in. Fed two more elders and found two youngsters who had no lunch at their jobs, twenty somethings Gen Zs who thought no one was paying attention to them, boy were they ever hungry. Prepared memorial cards for one family and helped anot
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- May 3, 2023
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Happy Celebrating
️ We invited two of our neighbor-friends to join us at our 45th anniversary celebrate at our favorite local restaurant. 🎂 Unbeknownst to them, we arranged for a birthday cake to be served at the end of the meal, to celebrate the husband’s 75th birthday, which is also this week. I knew his favorite was strawberry shortcake, so that’s what I ordered :) After a leisurely wonderful meal sharing, the waitstaff came out singing, with the cake & we all sang Happy Birthday 🎶 And then they started to sing Happy Anniversary to us :) 😊They shared some pictures I took there with their sons who live a good distance away. A good time was had by all ❤️
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- Sep 9, 2023
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Kindness Continues
indness continues After Kindness Journey, I reached my nephew's house. We have very high regards for each other, He is an avid reader. I gave him some books. I also gave an apron, handkerchiefs made by Utthan-Umang,, and some handmade Birthday cards to his wife. Received smiles with gratitude. In the evening, his friend visited with his wife. I talked about Kind Spring, told Fatemah and intense positive thinking story and cracked some jokes. I gave them Handkerchief made by Utthan-Umang, a birthday card and quote cards. They liked the positive thinking stories, quote cards, birthday card and handkerchief. They thanked me with smiles. I am grateful to Sri Sathya Sai Baba for giving me these opportunities of kindness and guiding and helping me in this regard
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- Nov 10, 2023
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Donating To Greyhound Rescue On My Dog's 2nd Birthday
oday is my dog's 2nd birthday, so I donated to my favorite charity (as per her request). Molly is a greyhound and while she was fortunate to never have been forced to race, the overwhelming majority of dogs of her breed are not as lucky. Greyhound Rescue in Australia has rescued, rehabilitated, and rehomed greyhounds, so they can live the life they deserve, as the world's fastest couch potatoes. Here is their website for anyone interested in learning more about the amazing work these people do: https://greyhoundrescue.com.au/ As per the photo tax, here's a picture of the birthday girl doing what she does best :)
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- Nov 21, 2023
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Gandhi Jayanti Celebration With Maanav Sadhana
andhi Jayanti Celebration with Manav Sadhna, I feel so honored to celebrate Gandhi Jayanti (Birthday of Mahatma Gandhiji) with Manav Sadhna boys, girls, staff and guests. Virenbhai who is a founder of Manav Sadhna invited me to sit beside him with honorable guests. He also honored me to light the Diya with others. Lighting the Diya denotes the beginning of the program with holy spirit. This is the best Gandhi Jayanti celebration of my life. It is itched in my heart forever with fond memories. There was a competition of quiz on Mahatma Gandhiji and Lal Bahadur Shastri - India's ex prime minister who shares Gandhiji's birthday. Author Rameshbhai Tanna was also present presiding over the quiz competition. . I gave some quote cards to visitors and staff. I also g
- Posted by Rajni
- Jan 6, 2024
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On My Birthday
esterday was my birthday. I was 68 and I loaned £68 to three entrepreneurs through LendWithCare as part of my birthday. On the day, we went to Durham and went round the Cathedral as we haven't been round it for a number of months. Back in 2013 we visited Durham for the day and they were creating a model of the cathedral in Lego bricks. As we were heading towards the cafe and shop I noticed a sign which invited visitors to come upstairs and see the Lego model. I told my husband I wanted to do that after we'd had a drink. We went upstairs and were amazed by the model which contains 299, 876 bricks. One of the volunteers told us the history of it being moved after we explained we had been two of the people who placed a brick. The photod don't do it justic
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- Jul 6, 2024
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Happy Holidays!
ominated a colleague for a college-wide award and was so happy when we found out that she got it! She had no idea :-) Brought lunch for my office-mate who was teaching back-to-back classes all day on his birthday, and surprised him with treats from a college holiday party. Wrote "Happy Birthday" on his classroom whiteboard and told his students to wish him---and then I could hear them singing Happy Birthday to him from the next classroom---that made my day! Apparently he was very touched by the group singing to him. A former student who took my class 14 years ago is now a faculty member (assistant prof) in our department and will be starting in January---just saw him and we had a beautiful conversation and hug! He is amazing and it just made my day.
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- Feb 9, 2025
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Visit To The Lake
finally got to go with my son to the lake . I tried to go a couple times when my son has work days off but the weather never worked out. Until I just gave it to god . I just put it in his hands and it was a beautiful day. We were around a nice family and I overheard the mom say to her boys ok now remember its Emily's birthday today that's why were here . I got a nice new foot able raft to take with us and packed lunch for us. By the time we got there it was more humid which is what we wanted so the water was great not to hot or cold just right. We tried out our new raft but it didn't seem to hold us up only when you put weight in the middle on your stomach worked. I thought ok we haven't enjoyed this raft but that little girl who's birthday was toda
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- Aug 30, 2025
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Kindness Tools
indness Tools My travelling companion I already left one Birthday card and some quote cards for mailman/mail carrier. I am flying to Chicago on August 4. I always fly with my kindness tools - Quote cards and Birthday Cards and with positive mindset to talk to fellow passenger or someone in waiting area. I will make some more quote cards in a day or two. ey each tap a sense of wonder for life through the lens of positive thinking. Uplifting quotes are like an elixir. “People skills are the social lubricant of life.” —Vanessa Van Edwards “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined.” —Henry David Thoreau Start where you are.(In the airport or a plane) Use what you have. (Birthda
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- Sep 6, 2025
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Kindness Journey! Sent Inspiring Email
contacts. At the airport and in the plane, I prayed to God for well being of some people in the wheelchair and prayed Samastha Loka Sukhino Bhavantu May all the beings in all the worlds be happy during the day. I packed up my kindness tools to start my kindness journey. I am grateful to my brother-in-law for getting me an uber taxi to get me to the airport. I gave Birthday card and some quote cards to the driver. On her approval I told her intense positive thinking story about a lady whose unwavering positive thinking saved her husband's life. I told Fatema's story about how one quote card changed her life for the better. I talked about KindSpring and told some cracked some jokes. The thanked me with smiles. I give the things to
- Posted by Rajni
- Sep 6, 2025
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Kindness Journey To New York New Jersey
indness Journey to New York New Jersey - October 29 t0 November 10 At the Chicago airport and in the plane, I gave some quote cards and Birthday cards and received smiles with thank you. Attended once in a lifetime 100th Birth Anniversary Celebration of Sri Sathya Sai Baba. Gave many quote cards, Met some Sai devotees of Sri Sathya Sai Baba Center of Flushing after few years. Got ride back home. I am grateful. Attended 24-hour Akhand Bhajan (Devotional singing) program, met some other Sai devotees. Conducted Greeting card making workshop with SSE students. Gave Birthday cards made with the help of Papaya care - a Senior living care facility staff and residents, Utthan trainees and staff and others. I am grateful for their help making them. SSE students help make some
- Posted by Rajni
- Jan 3, 2026
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Wonderful Kindness JourneyI
onderful Kindness Journey I am grateful to my son and his wife who gave me a ride to the airport. My son checked my luggage and got my boarding pass. He waited until the wheelchair assistant came. Gave birthday cards and quote cards to flight desk clerk. She was surprised to receive them and thanked me with a smile and a namaste. Namaste meaning from the internet: Respect & Reverence: A traditional way to honor elders, teachers, or deities. Greeting/Farewell: Used for saying "hello" or "goodbye.” Equality & Unity: Recognizes the shared divine essence in everyone, fostering oneness. Gratitude: Expresses thanks and appreciation. Mindfulness: Promotes presence and introspection, common in yoga and spiritual practices. The Gesture (Añjal
- Posted by Rajni
- Feb 1, 2026
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A Firefighter's Point Of View
But to me, it was what any "human being" should do or at least offer. I know we see these people everyday asking for money and I admit it gets a little tiring after awhile, especially knowing there's a bunch of fraudsters out there just hustling money for alcohol or drugs. You had to be there to see the look in his face. To me it reminded me when I was young and my mom brought out a big birthday cake for me on my birthday, with all the candy, chocolate and goodies that we were about to eat. He was like that kid again, getting to experience a feast. And I think he felt special, like he was getting attention. Again something that I could see he hadn't experienced in a long time. Well he ended up ordering enough to fill his stomach at least 3 times over! I often think
- Posted by Moran
- Apr 22, 2007
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Bystander No More
and then broken open. At that point I felt something snap in me. I pulled the van into an unloading zone and told my son to wait for a moment. I rushed over to her and the first thing she did was to apologize several times. I helped her gather everything up, took the extra bags firmly from her hands, and walked her to her car. She told me she was trying to hurry home to her son's thirteenth birthday party and her whole day had been "just one of those days". I helped her load the groceries, and she stopped and looked at me and just said, "Thank you so much". I smiled and said, "I am a mother of three and do you think no one has ever helped me out? I am just returning the favor." She smiled and said, "God bless you" and got in her car. I walked the row over to my van
- Posted by Michelle
- May 13, 2006
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An Unforgettable Birthday Gift
y daughter's birthday is May 29. She was 6 by then. As it was Monday, we prefered to celebrate it earlier, i.e. on Saturday 27 May. This was easier for me as I'm free on Saturdays. On Thursday the entire family was busy packing the presents and putting funny pins on them. I promised my litte princess that I would wake her up early in the morning and distribute the presents to her classmates. I woke up at 05:30. After I took a bath, I planned to wake her up ... but.... as I came out from the bathroom, I realized that an earthquake struck. I screamed to wake my husband up and asked him to carry my daughter; and ran out of our house. We were watching our house swaying from outside. It happened for just 3 minutes, but... the piano thumbled down, tiles came down, some cracks appeared
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- Jul 24, 2006
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Walk For G
n September 25th was our friend G.M.’s Birthday. To some she is an embodiment of compassion. To some she is a personification of beauty, grace and dignity. To some she is a pillar of virtue and strength. And to some she is a quiet pilgrim walking her journey with as much integrity and passion as is ever seen. But to most… she is nature’s precious gift to life. My friend H had just arrived that day at my house for dinner when we found out that it was G’s birthday. I am not sure why, but ever since I heard about it… I was feeling compelled to do something for G. However, I did not want to force anything… and was sure that if the intention is heartfelt then actions will flower naturally from that space. After dinner H and I came up with an ingenious idea to do
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- Oct 5, 2006
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Birthdays Are For Giving
y birthday was coming up last week and I was thinking of ways I could pay forward some kindness on the day to send good wishes out in the world. And then on my birthday itself, right in front of my eyes, three different opportunities came up one after the other, to support my colleagues at the charity I work at in different ways. One girl decided she wanted to give back to the charity that gave her so much both as a child when she was growing up and also as an adult by employing her to deliver services to other children. So, she's going on a trek and raising money for our charity. She is now part of a really amazing program that works with the most at-risk young people in our area, many of whom have already been kicked out of 3 schools, carried a knife to s
- Posted by sonrisa
- Feb 19, 2007
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Birthday Celebrations
y birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks. This year I have asked all my friends and family to send whatever they would normally spend on a gift, card and cake, to a charity that is close to my heart.
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- Mar 30, 2007
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