Kindness....pass it on

Today I'm celebrating World Kindness Day!

This week is World Kindness Week and today has been designated by the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation to practice kindness and to “pass it on” to others. The foundation encourages random acts of kindness as positive acts to bring all types of people together. Thousands participate, some offering spontaneous acts of kindness and others creating planned activities. Visit their site for more information and to get ideas on forming a Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) club, on planning a kindness event, for suggested activities, community projects, and MORE! You may also send an e-card to someone from the site with a quote related to kindness by Aesop, Helen Keller, Anne Frank, Margaret Mead, William Penn, among others. There's even a quote by Whoopie Goldberg, who is celebrating her birthday today! You may also find some interesting downloadable "free stuff" on the site.

Some things others have said....

• No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted (Aesop)
  
• Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses (Confucius)
  
• Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you (Ephesians 4:31-32, New International Version)
  
• I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again. (Ettiene De Grellet)
  
• Friendship is a living thing that lasts only as long as it is nourished with kindness, empathy and understanding. (Author Unknown)
  
• Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolutions. (Kahlil Gibran)
  
• That best portion of a good man's life
  His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love
  (William Wordsworth)
  

For World Kindness Week, I thought that you'd like the following music video and movie clip:

The Wilburn Brothers singing Glen Campbell's hit Try A Little Kindness during one of their tv shows in the '70s

As posted on YouTube by hungerford1

A clip from the movie Pay it Forward

As posted on GodTube by hapeman


Your challenge of the day:
Be kind.
Make a difference by passing it on.
Kindly post a comment describing how someone was kind to you or a way that you have celebrated World Kindness Week
Here are some suggested things that you can do.
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