Kindness Starts With One^®

My life experiences have made me the person I am today. Many of those experiences led me to a career as an educator. I try to spread messages like "Pay it Forward" to my students and I like to "walk the walk" just as much as I "talk the talk" to my kids. Volunteering as a teenager helped me to...

My grandma's name is Judy and she has been through a lot. She just got out of the hospital 3 months ago and she can't stand on her own feet without a cane. I've been helping her out by getting her cane and the groceries for her. Now she is trying to walk, so I will help her on the...

I need help on my reading. So in school we were doing paper work in a book and i don't know how to read it so my friend help me out a lot on it. This showed you a simple act can help others. I need to be more kind back to people. I need to say thank you to...

Happy World Kindness Day! Many thanks to my dear friends, Niloo, Nasreen & Shebina, for volunteering to tutor some courageous women in English and Math. We had the pleasure of working with Zein Dhanidina through the Refugee Women’s Network and are so grateful for this rewarding experience. In fact, we would like to tutor them beyond this initiative. The Refugee...

When you walk past someone who is curled up on the sidewalk laying on a piece of card board, dont just walk by. Look down and see that human being. All anyone wants is to be noticed, not forgotten. So the next time you pass a homeless person, give them a hello, a smile , buy them a cup of...

Somebody I didn't know said hi to me one day, it made feel good. Ask 10 people this see how you feel and they feel at the end of the day.

I had a lot of depressing thoughts and felt really bad about myself for a while. It was after a break up too. But one day my best friend came to my house and let me cry on her shoulder. She left her DMs open for me to vent to, and always knew what to say. She was the only...

It was busy day at the Subway, full of people. I burst out of the doors in a rush. Once I was on the streets, I felt my pockets and realized I had lost my wallet. In tears, I sank to the floor and cried. A few minutes later, a homeless guy came up to me and handed me my wallet...

For my birthday, my daughter asked all my Facebook friends to do an act of kindness and post it to my timeline. Forty-seven people posted! My grandson is honoring me by doing an act of kindness for every year I have been around (75). What an amazing tribute!