When you live in a world that is negative, and quite frankly crappy at times, it is difficult to remember to spread kindness back into the world. It is easy to forget that little, random acts of kindness can go such a long way. These acts of kindness can turn anyone's day around. So, the next time you're out and about, try one of these out and see how you positively impact those around you.
1. Hold the door open for someone.
2. Smile at a stranger.
3. Pay for the person's coffee/meal that is behind you in line.
4. Let someone into the drive thru line.
5. Ask someone how they are doing or how their day has been.
6. Pick up trash when you see it.
7. Call your parents. It'll make their day.
8. Leave a penny face-side up for someone.
9. Give someone a high five.
10. Pay your friend or a stranger a compliment.
11. Hug someone.
12. Donate to your favorite charity.
13. Leave notes of encouragement in public for others to find.
14. Be polite on the road.
15. Always tip your server (and if they're especially awesome, then tip them as much as you can afford to).
16. Give away your parking spot.
17. Donate your stuff that you don't use anymore.
18. Bake someone cookies or a cake.
19. Bring donuts to your workplace for everyone.
20. Put your phone away while having a conversation with someone.
21. Offer a homeless person your leftovers from a restaurant.
22. Stop and have a conversation with a homeless person.
23. Leave your magazine or newspaper behind in a public place for someone else to read.
24. Put extra change in the parking meter for someone.
25. Put a tip in the tip jar the next time you're at a coffee shop.
26. Try to make sure everyone feels included in your next group conversation.
27. Compliment a parent's child; it means a lot to them!
28. Make a Spotify playlist for your friend to let them know you were thinking about them.
29. Adopt a pet from an animal shelter.
30. Write your significant other a list of things you love about them just because.
31. Send dessert to a random table at a restaurant.
32. Give up your seat for someone on the subway.
33. Be encouraging to your friends.
34. Wash someone's car (with their consent)!
35. Try to carpool the next time you have to drive somewhere because it's important to be kind to the earth, too.
36. The next time you see a little kid's lemonade stand, buy one from them! That'll just make their day.
37. Help someone out if it looks like they have heavy things to carry.
38. Try babysitting for free the next time you babysit for a single mom.
39. Always be kind to customer service reps, because most of the time your problem is not their fault.
40. Pay yourself any type of self-affirmation; you deserve kindness, too!
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