Stories of Kindness from Around the World

With Friday afternoon a thing of the past ... I had the weekend to look forward too!

Here are some simple, quick and satisfying Acts of Kindness I did this weekend:

• Sacked up our unused cat food cans for the Humane Society (keep trying different kinds to get my sick cat to eat)
• Bought 3 chenille blanket throws for our Blanket Drive at work (we're up to 42 after 2 wks & too much to do to make more by hand so for now purchased a few on sale)
• Purchased and donated a child's book for a XMas Book Drive at Barnes & Noble
• Let cars in while out shopping  (boy are some men in a big hurry!) and let 2 elderly ladies into the stores. I also spoke to some elderly people and explained about papaya and how to pick a ripe one then gave her mine.
• I looked each service person in the eyes, smiled and thanked them sincerely for their assistance
• Put my shopping carts into the dispenser
• Put my spare change into the donation box after the checkout line
• Brought and used my own cloth shopping bags at Whole Foods vs having them supply plastic
• Made a donation at Petco for abused animals
• Brought an extra book to give to a friend and loaded up a bag of used books for our book exchange at work (I have magazines for the Dr.'s office next month)
• Waved, smiles and said hello to everyone I encountered
• Bought additional stamps to send out some birthday and thanksgiving cards this month
• Wrote and mailed out thank you cards for my birthday gifts (many people do not do this custom anymore but I want each person to know I am grateful-even a card warrants an email thank you)
• I sent a special sympathy card to  a dear friend who lost her 15yr old cat this weekend enclosing the rainbow bridge poem (inspirational one) and a sympathy angel pin for her too.
• An old friend asked for my forgiveness about some issues and I readily forgave her.
• I called my Mom to catch up on her life!
• I brought some of my hubby's favorite foods so I can cook for him this week...he loves home cooking

All in all ... a very nice weekend ... there are so many small acts of kindness we each can do daily!  So, please join me and share some of your favorite ideas too.