WW Activity - Random Acts of Kindness -16 Jan 2019
Wellbeing Wednesday Activity - Random Acts of Kindness
This week we are talking about Acts of Kindness.
We all know this intuitively and through our own experiences, but there is now a lot of evidence for the benefit of performing acts of kindness! When you do something nice for someone else, it can really have a positive effect on your own well being. And of course, when someone does something kind for you, it feels great!
This week, do one kind act for a stranger, or someone you know, out of the blue. Share and report back if you'd like!
Here's a list of ideas around acts of kindness - what can you add to the list?!
- Pay for the coffee of the person behind you
- Send a postcard or letter to a friend you’ve not spoken to in forever
- Buy someone flowers just because
- Apologise to someone
- Let someone know you are thinking of them
- Finally get around to calling your sister/besty/elderly aunt to have a chat
- Let someone know their strengths or how much you appreciate them
- Give a stranger your seat
- Leave a book in a public place with a “take me I’m free” note
- Who is your most selfless friend? Do something amazing for them
- Listen, without interrupting, to someone’s story or problem. Let them talk. They’ll feel better
- Plant a tree or edible plant
Let's share the love and kindness 
To get involved in more Wellbeing Wednesday Activities, you can check out this thread!
Comments
@annabethxchase thats so thoughtful -making so many people's days .
Does anyone have any ideas of things you could do this week as an act of kindess?
I've been thinking about what I could do, and thought I would bake cookies for my housemates this week ! 
In my town there is often a bit of a divide between different nationalities and cultures, and when I can I always try to compliment them when I notice myself looking because most (I say most because I'm not perfect) of the time I'm looking with admiration and not anything else 🙂
I cooked some fresh cookies for some friends who let me take care of there house and were returning from a long week away. It took two attempts but it was worth it. 😄
There's this really small act that someone did this week! Our safety switch broke so we had no power for the evening, and we hadn't had dinner yet. Then I left some belongings at someone's place and had to go get that, and when I went to get that, I left something else there, and had to go back AGAIN to get that. Then I decided to go get pizza at half past eight, but roadworks had just started and so I was in a pretty bad mood. There was this lady working at the roadworks who was just smiling and waving at everyone who drove past -- it's not much, but it made me smile all the way home.
What I was going to add it, a few days before this (or was it a week before...) I took a roommate of mine to the movies because they wanted to see the movie I was seeing and I paid for them (because they don't have a job). Just because I wanted to see the movie and I thought, if they want to see it too, they may as well come with me 😛
I don’t know if this counts because it was a total accident but I COULD have not paid the difference and chose to so...
Anyway, I filled my car up and I went into pay and I was said it was number 8, the attendent thought I was just a dumbass and was like the black car right? And I was like um yeah, anyway I paid, and after I paypassed, I was walking out and thought hold on a minute that’s a lot more than it said on the petrol bowser, obviously I lack the brain capacity to think of these things at the time, checked then went to walk back in and question it before I saw some other guy really confused. Turns out I paid his petrol and he paid for mine which was nearly $15 cheaper. The guy was like I can give you cash to make the difference, I said no definitely not, and the attendent was like, look, as long as you both cars are paid do what you want, so I basically gave him $15 worth of free petrol🚘
that was one long winded story
It is making me so happy to read through all of these amazing acts of kindness!
@Bee I love hearing about how encouraging and open you are to everyone! It does not surprise me - I see you doing the same on the forum all the time!
@nyke That is so lovely of you to make cookies for your friends! I pledged last week to bake for my housemates - and I have to admit that I haven't done it yet! I feel like it's been too hot to bake - I might get them icecreams instead this weekend 🙂
@N1ghtW1ng i love that you paid for you roomate to see a movie with you. Such a generous thing to do!!
@Saltwaterdreamtime Wow that is super generous!! I don't think many people would have done something so kind to a complete stranger! You must have made his day 🙂
@gina-RO😄 It doesn't cost anything to be nice to those around us, you never know what their day has been like 🙂 And I can't help but aw at little kids - they're just so adorable! (That kinda makes me sound creepy - I promise it's in a non-creepy way!)
Maybe instead of making cookies, you could try looking up some non-back slice recipes there are a heap out there 🙂
@Saltwaterdreamtime that's so generous of you! I know it's happened in my town before where a guy paid for a whole tank of fuel for one of my old managers as she went to pay and couldn't find her card! It blew her away!
Ah, I love this idea!
Hmm... I got paid this week, and instead of treating myself to a CD, I donated to a fundraiser for a pregnant woman who needs to buy supplies for her and her baby. I really hope she reaches her fundraising goal. Part of me felt disappointed that I couldn't contribute more, but I reminded myself that every little bit counts.
I think that is definitely kindness @xXLexi_Lou122Xx ! It's lovely to sit with someone who is alone
(This act of kindness was not done by me, but observed by me, I hope that is ok!) I was at an appointment yesterday and all the chairs in the waiting room were spaced out cause of covid and a lovely woman got up and moved seats so my partner and I could sit together, and even though she was wearing a mask I could tell she was smiling. I love when people smile in their masks
@Hannah-RO i often try and give up my seat for others if i possibly can esp elderly or parents with young kids or someone with an injury or if theyve been waiting for a while in the waitng room and look like they could use a chiar more then i do
@Jess1-RO
That absolutely counts @scared01 - what a kind thing to do for a stranger!!
I remember at the beginning of last month I was on the way back home from the city, and some random man approached me who said that he had his wallet stolen and asked for money to get home. After fluffing around for a little while, I got him an opal card with $10 on it and gave him another $10 for food. I think that was reasonable and I felt good about it afterwards.
(He also wanted my contact to pay me back, which I didn't give him, because I'd rather stay anonymous and have it be a random act of kindness).
@mrmusic that is such a thoughtful and lovely thing to do for that man that approached you.
Thanks for sharing with us. It feels pretty good to be kind , which is a great perk
that was really sweet of you @annabethxchase
