Random Acts of Kindness Day

[Étoile]

I was thinking about creating an official Random Acts of Kindness Day. What you'd basically do is display a random act of kindness to anyone you like. It could be your parents, siblings, friends, classmates, boss, co-workers, whoever. The act can be as simple as a hug and 'I love you.' to an expensive gift. I think with all the chaos and hecticness that goes on in our lives, we tend to forget about the ones who we love and this day would be a great way to show your appreciation. I was thinking it could be on August 4th, since there's not many celebrations in August. So, who's with me?

[LOVEjames]

http://www.actsofkindness.org/people/days.asp

[Étoile]

Damn it! Ah well, at least it's nice to know that I'm not the only person who likes random acts of kindness.

[LOVEjames]

<3 I do it all the time. Hold the door open for elderly people and the disabled. Wave the construction workers (Because God knows, the lady holding the "Stop/Slow" sign has the most horrendous job ever), and help elderly ladies load groceries and stuff into their car. I just hope that they do it in return to someone else if they're able to.

[grapevine fires]

I'm always performing random acts of kindness.

(I can also be a pushover.. that may have something to do with it.)

CHIVALRY IS NOT DEAD YET!!

[Jebs]

Originally Posted by LOVEjames

Wave the construction workers (Because God knows, the lady holding the "Stop/Slow" sign has the most horrendous job ever)

I think you would be really surprised how much those people make for so little put in. And yea, chivalry is still alive.

[LOVEjames]

Oh, I know they make quite a bit of money, but it just has be insanely boring. :P

[Malchik89]

its also partially surprising at how ungrateful people are for these random acts of kindness nowadays. We had to do an experiment on this for psych, observing the behaviors and reactions that result in giving people just random compliments for things they've done

[Jebs]

Well in today's society people have learned to question people's behavior and motives. For instance you do something nice for someone, they don't think, "Aww that's nice", they probably think, "Why is he/she doing this?". Which is kind of a sad mentality. Most strangers just want to be left alone, sit on a subway or metro at 9 in the morning. Packed full to the brim and no one talks, let alone make eye contact. Sad.

[beckyg]

Originally Posted by LOVEjames

Oh, I know they make quite a bit of money, but it just has be insanely boring. :P

They also endure all kinds of weather! Standing out there in the heat would really get to me!

[Chaos]

We were supposed to have a "Random Acts of Kindess Week" at work, but me and my friend (whose a manager at work) changed the sign to say "Random Acts of Violence Week" and the whole thing was cancelled.

[bluestlight]

i'm all for a random act of kindness day. the world could always use a bit more kindness.
that kind of reminds me of a commercial where one guy smiles at someone and that starts a chain reaction and at the end everyone is happy and smiling. it's pretty cheesy, but i love it.

[MeskElil]

Originally Posted by beckyg

They also endure all kinds of weather! Standing out there in the heat would really get to me!

Oh yeah, imagine the workers here in SoCal! It got to 108 today, and with each degree it climbed the meteorologists were saying, "Okay, THAT'S going to be the high today." And it just kept getting higher...and higher...
And we have construction going on all over town. Those poor guys!
Oh, AND they're oiling the roads. So some people just stand to the side of signs that say "Careful--Slick Roads" and just motion that people be slow. All day long.
That's the worst!

performing random acts of kindness makes me all warm and fuzzy inside, especially when it comes to elderly people who give you that grateful smile, awww *rubs tummy*.

but it kinda annoys me when people don't show any appreciation, like on the bus the other day, i stood up to let an elderly lady on my seat and she was like 'i wondered how long it would take you' when she'd only been standing there for about three seconds and i had a 5 year old cousin to contend with. But i just smiled sweetly and carried on being polite, whilst cursing uncontrollably in my head lol.

but yeah, i suppose holding doors open and the such like kinda comes as second nature to me now, i congratulate my parents for raising me with such morals =]