This morning I did a random act of kindness and didn't actually realize til I'd done it. I was at the McDonald's drive-thru and I felt a prompting in my spirit to pay for the vehicle behind me. So I did. It felt good, and then as I drove away, I realized I'd met this weeks challenge. Bonus!

@SilverSheWolf55 and @prgirl39mfp - you both have beautiful hearts! Thank you @themedalist for the challenge! Merry Christmas to all!

Sorry I have been missing this week. I have been enjoying reading all your great posts, but haven't had time to write anything myself yet.

I do try to do random acts of kindness regularly. It is one of my rules for myself that if I think that someone looks nice or does something well, that I make a point of complimenting them. I also smile at random strangers and say "Good morning/ day/evening." Spreading a little sunshine is good for everyone.

I work in the tutoring lab at a college, and we have a dispenser for print cards so that students can print their homework from the computers. The dispenser only takes $1 bills, and the cash machine on campus only gives $10 bills. Students these days carry very little cash. I always load my wallet with ones, and if the student has no change I just give them the dollar.

This week, my SIL had emergency surgery, so most of my kind acts this week were focused on helping out my family. Sitting with my daughter while her hubby was in surgery, running errands for her, and caring for my grandkids took up most of my kind acts were not random, but focused on family.

I did still smile and wish folks a good day. I also threw a donation in the Salvation Army bucket once this week.

Today I was on the receiving end of a random act of kindness. Coming out of Costco this morning with a overloaded flat, my purchases started falling off when I hit those cart-stopping bumps which seem installed for the sole purpose of shaking items from overloaded flats. A kind young lady jumped out of her car and helped me reload my cart and get past that last set of bumps.

Merry Christmas!!!

Happy New Year 2018!

I really enjoyed this challenge. So I had decided to just carry it through purposely to the end of the year.

Holding the door open for the next person to walk through has been one that I end up doing often. And it seemed to be appreciated even more when I greeted the person passing through with a cheerful "good morning" or "Merry Christmas" for example.
I often get surprised thank-you's or a greeting back. But the best response was at our local post office nearing Christmas when I was leaving after mailing a package. I purposely waited a few moments for this woman to walk up to the door and held it open for her. She smiled really big and told me "thank you", and then stopped and turned back around to tell me that she appreciated me holding the door for her so much that she was going to be sure to pass the kindness on to another person. Now that is paying it forward!

I sometimes purposely look for ways to pass on Random Acts of Kindness in the grocery store. Opportunities are abundant sometimes in that environment, especially during the holidays. Letting someone go ahead in line. Helping someone with unloading their cart when they are struggling to get it done with several children in tow. Paying a little extra cash for someone when they turn up a bit short of cash at the end of their order. Sincerely complimenting someone on something, especially when they seem to be really tired or stressed out while in line. It seems to really brighten their moment.

Making funny faces, or winking at, or playing peek-a-boo with a little one to distract them form crying while the mom is trying to get through the checkout line. Then she suddenly realizes the child isn't crying and she smiles also.

Often the person will share something with me when I'm able to do something kind for them.

Recently I was helping unload some heavier things from the back of the grocery cart, and also from the husband's motorized cart's basket, when the elderly woman told me that her husband with her had just had another chemo treatment that morning, and then the man tells me that his wife was really tired from being with him all morning at the hospital, and now had to stop by the grocery store afterwards. I had no idea that doing this little bit for them would be mean that much to them.

Another time I helped a woman behind me put some of her things on the checkout area while waiting for my brother to get through paying for his groceries. She told me that she was 86 years old and still driving! She told me that she was shopping for some extras because all the family was coming to her house for the holiday dinner. We were talking about how old her children were, and she said that one of her son's was about my age after asking me how old I was, and that she could be my mother Then she told me the secret to her being in good health was enjoying her now large extended family with all the grands and great grand children, eating well, and especially not eating sugar! She told me to make sure I stay off of the sugar She said that she was in great health except for a touch of arthritis pain in one knee that started recently. She was really precious! I want to be that energetic when I grow up LOL.

Any way I loved this challenge. It made me more aware of the many opportunities when we can bless someone and brighten their day, but how often it seems to boomerang back and bless us also.

Great challenge for this month!

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Great posts everyone! Love that this is the first thing I read today. How inspiring.