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12 Gifts of Christmas: Kindness
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Today is another Blog Action Day of sorts and the challenge is for bloggers to go out into the world (gasp!) and engage in acts of kindness. Coincidentally, the 4th gift for Christmas is kindness.
Here are 25 ideas for acts of kindness to get you started.
- Let someone in line before you.
- Pay the toll for the car behind you.
- Pick up a piece of litter.
- Smile to a crying child.
- Give a link.
- Comp someone’s meal behind you at a restaurant.
- Listen with an open mind.
- Give someone a cheer CD or music compilation.
- Send a card.
- Rake you neighbor’s leaves.
- Shovel your neighbor’s snow.
- Take bagels into the office.
- Give an inspirational book to a homeless person.
- Give a hug.
- Give away a dozen roses or any flower.
- Take your boss a cup of coffee.
- Say thank you.
- Ask a stranger how their life is going and really listen.
- Babysit for a friend.
- Sit with an elder in a nursing home.
- Say a prayer for a friend.
- Cook a meal for a busy mother.
- Ask someone to dance.
- Buy crayons for an adult.
- Sing a lullaby for someone.
On the 4th day of Christmas, perform 4 acts of kindness. Be creative 
In Spirit,
Nneka
December 17th, 2007 at 5:25 am
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December 17th, 2007 at 9:41 am
Let me add one more to the list: give a sincere thanks anonymously to a good blogger.
This is a nice post. Keep up the great work!
December 18th, 2007 at 3:42 am
I love the bit about the crayons.
December 20th, 2007 at 10:42 am
These are all wonderful suggestions but it amazes me how something so simple can be so surprising. One of those that stood out the most for me is paying the toll for the car behind me. It’s one of the easiest and yet most unexpected forms of kindness I would like to try out. before the year is over.
December 20th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
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December 23rd, 2007 at 5:28 am
[...] Next up comes Balanced Life Center’s series, 12 Gifts of Christmas, with Kindness as this particular gift. (Check out the rest of the series while you’re there. ) http://www.balancedlifecenter.com/291-12-gifts-of-christmas-kindness/ [...]
December 27th, 2007 at 2:34 am
I really appreciate your blogpost. Kindness is something we can never get enough of. Although I’d like to see more people being kind all year round, it’s good to see that a focus on kindness is being valued by someone.
December 30th, 2007 at 9:21 pm
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