Ithaca College

“Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns.”

In order to be kind to others, you must also be kind to yourself. Eating a healthy meal or cleaning out your closet can be considered a random act of kindness. The simplest gesture can change one person’s entire day around.

Try these simple random acts of kindness whenever and wherever it is possible (it is always possible):

• Leave change in a vending machine.
• Help a co-worker.
• Donate used clothing.
• Give a bottle of cold water to a bus driver.
• Plant flowers.
• Introduce yourself to someone.
• Return a shopping cart.
• Clean your friend’s house.
• Turn off the lights.
• Offer a handyman a drink.

Read through these articles for inspiration before Random Acts of Kindness Week: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/random-acts-of-kindness.

Read this article for more easy ideas for random acts of kindness: http://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicamisener/101-easy-ideas-for-random-acts-of-kindness#.upYXOM3KMp. 

Also, check out the "Kindness Is Always in Season" website for more ideas, including the 2015 Kindness Cards!!