Other pages:
HOME
About Kindness
About US
Kindness to Self
Kindness to Others
Kindness to the
Environment
Kindness in
Business
Kindness Helps
Health
JOIN NOW, no fees
|
This
page is updated very frequently. Your ideas are welcome and if selected
they will be published here with acknowledgement. Simplicity and
Novelty is sought. Email your ideas
to My
Kindness Ideas
(Last updated : 01-09-2010
We all do random acts of kindness, the
purpose of the present exercise is to do such acts more often by
acquiring the habit of thinking of others in every situation. No
inordinate self sacrifice is involved, and one goes in this direction
exactly as far as one wants to. One never accepts great risks or
discomfort in doing acts of random kindness.
Here are some examples which come to mind
readily. Once we tread the path we will never lack ideas or
opportunities. We may be doing similar acts already, the idea is to do
them more often and form them into a habit.
At home:
- Observe your domestics, try to make
their work easier
- Take interest in their personal
problems
- See that you never humiliate domestics.
- Be very polite (though may be firm)
with unwanted callers like salesmen.
On the street:
- If walking on the foot path, give way
to someone obviously in a hurry
- If driving a vehicle, don't break queue
and try to get ahead in a traffic jam
- If you see an old or handicapped
person, children, obvious strangers to the city,etc. trying to cross
the road in heavy traffic, slow down and stop to allow them to cross
- In the monsoon, drive carefully so as
not to splash pedestrians with muddy water or force them to walk into
the puddles to get out of the way of your car
In the work
place:
- Have a ready smile for your
subordinates and for visitors, however irritating they may appear to
you. Try to understand and accommodate them if you think fit
- Walk out of you r cubicle/cabin
occasionally to see if some visitor for you is forced to wait
inordinately long. If this is unavoidable, either send him to someone
else or at least make him comfortable, offer a cup of tea. Sometimes it
may be possible to come out and sol ve his problem in a minute.
- Take some interest and give an
occasional hearing to your subordinates and their personal problems.
- Praise the work or attitude of someone
you work with
At any public
place:
- In any Public Place (Railway Station,
Airport, Dentist's Waiting Room, a tourist or picnic spot, etc.) Look
around and ensure you are not causing discomfort or inordinate
inconvenience to anyone not in a condition to bear it easily. Surrender
your place in the queue or waiting list to such a person.
- If you are a smoker, see tha t your
smoking does not cause inconvenience to others
- Make a pledge to yourself that you will
leave every spot tidier or cleaner than you found it on your arrival,
and at least you will not make it worse}
Start
Kindness Chains:
One can promote the
habit of kindness easily by starting "kindness chains". When we do a random act of
kindness, and the beneficiary thanks us, we tell her politely not to
thank us but "Pay it Forward" by doing some kind act to benefit someone
else, and to pass on these instructions for kind acts. This becomes
esier with cards like this, which you can get printed cheaply or just
xerox on card paper:
GO TOP
Front & back of card
Now it's your turn !
Do something good for another person,
perferably a stranger.
Help build a better world by
spreading courtesy and kindness
|
Kindness
Heals
Spreading courtesy and kindness will
help us have a more caring world to live in. Kindness brings joy to the
doer and receiver. It brings tangible health benefits and builds up
friendships
|
|