All it Takes is Chalk

--by pinkie, posted Mar 20, 2007

Today, my friends and I had an early release day at school and got out at about 11:30.

We had decided to try to incorporate random acts of kindness into our lives last Sunday at our meeting for our charity group, Minga.

We brought sidewalk chalk to school and walked for a half hour from school into town writing nice messages on the sidewalk all the way. We came up with quite a few like, "Smile, it's sunny", "Peace", "Have a great day!", Give someone a hug", and "Be happy".

It was so rewarding to see people smile when they saw them and it's thrilling how such a small gesture can really make a difference!

Now, whenever one of us is walking home, we're always going to continue on the tradition!

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Posted by pinkie
Mar 20, 2007
Comments (19)

Readers Comments

WhiteRose wrote: Wow, what a fantastic idea! I'm going to keep that in mind! :)

sonshine wrote: What a blessing you and your friends are as things will cause so many to smile! :)

Ginny wrote: WOW! What a simple and yet great way to make sombody simle. I am going to try to that one day at my high school.

Micha wrote: Very cool!! Keep up the good work!!

ibsoldout wrote: Great job. I know it would do me good to see a great message when i walk around

LOVEBUG wrote: Pinkie, what a way to go. Keep up the good work, you might become my hero, but secretly. I am hopeful, we might just finish this race together.

MJ wrote: Its the simple little things that make such a huge difference! Cheers!!

sheetal wrote: What a sweet idea... I am going to try that out soon.
Thanks for sharing.
Metta
Sheetal

Paul Wisken wrote: Nice idea !

papaya wrote: I love this one!!! So simple and creative and fun,too-- nothing I love more than chalk on a summer day! Plus, it's a great thing to do with kids.

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