This year the RAK Foundation staff invites you to “participate in the first annual # KindnessExperience on Random Acts of Kindness Day!” They add, “You might just change someone’s life - maybe even your own!” What is “The Kindness Experience”? According to the staff, it is “a simple experiment for individuals to experience the scientific benefits of kindness. We encourage and celebrate acts of kindness. And it requires some intentional actions. We love connecting people with ideas and resources. The Foundation’s website asks, “Can you imagine a world where kindness is the norm?” It adds, “That’s the world we want. The event spread to New Zealand nine years later, in 2004, and the observance of the holiday became more and more widespread.” The RAK Foundation wants to make kindness a societal norm. And they believe that miscalculation could hold many of us back from doing nice things for others more often.”Īccording to the National Today staff, “Random Acts of Kindness Day was initiated in 1995 in Denver, Colorado, by a nonprofit organization called The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation. Researchers found that people who perform a random act of kindness tend to underestimate how much the recipient will appreciate it. Journalist Catherine Pearson reports, “Findings, published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology in August, corroborate just how powerful experiences can be. For those of you that wish you could change the world, National Random Act of Kindness Day, on February 17, is just for you.” If you think that changing the world through acts of kindness is nothing more than hyperbole, you might be surprised. What happened to the good days when everyone was polite?’ Sound familiar? Of course it does. The staff at National Today writes, “If you’re anything like most people, then you are constantly mumbling things to yourself like, ‘People these days are just rude.
That means, call the florist and tell them to pick a hospital or nursing home and deliver flowers to the person the front desk thinks needs it the most. Order a bouquet of flowers to be delivered to anyone in the hospital.Mail a “thinking of you” card to someone you’ve not to talk to in a while.Drop off a load of groceries at the local food pantry.For example, offer to create a résumé for someone seeking a new job. Put your skills to work for someone in need.Leave a kind note for someone, no explanation is needed.
Pay for the coffee or meal of the person in front of you in line.Not only do the acts of kindness bring joy to the receiver, but they spread positive reactions to the giver, too! As a favourite celebration for many, people everywhere are enjoying doing these acts of kindness. The movement of Random Acts of Kindness inspires people every day. It is celebrated by individuals, groups, and organisations nationwide to encourage acts of kindness. Each year on February 17th, National Random Acts of Kindness Day grows in popularity.
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