Random Acts of Kindness

Post boxes were adorned with knitted and crocheted toppers which had taken time to make. This was last year but they disappeared quite fast they might have been taken off by the post office.
I don’t know why they were taken off they were not obstructing the post boxes in anyway. It was a nice spontaneous act by some talented person but it was not appreciated by someone.

I think anything that is done to bring a smile to anyone is a lovely thing to do. Those toppers on post boxes, buying a bunch of daffodils and keaving them on someone's doorstep, how can that not be an act of kindness. If you've ever been low you realise how such things matter. The recipient doesn't know who did what. Just as there are nice people there aways has to be one to throw cold water on things. Just take no notice and carry on. I know whonI would prefer to be.

That is lovely. I have heard of this happening to people and they always say how good it made them feel.. thank you for spreading kindness.

It can depend on how and why you do something. I like to do something that generally is , I hope, just a nice little surprise but twice a year it has a special meaning for me but the person receiving the surprise does not know of it. My wonderful granny, who was a very important person and influence on my life used to say "dont put flowers on my grave, give them to someone who can enjoy them" so on her birthday and the day she died in a car crash I give a small bunch of flowers to someone with that special meaning for myself, but usually I just get a little bunch of at the moment daffodils often and I like to give them to anyone I think would enjoy them and that would cheer their day. just a small bunch, not a great bouquet and try to find something perfumed if possible . I usually just say, I thought you might enjoy these and then leave. So it may be to someone I know slightly,, a lady who works on a vegetable stall that I go to, or sometimes someone who helps in a group or chqrity shop etc. and someone who is caring for someone who is ill. I hope it cheers their day a little

Random acts of kindness is live and active where we live and our group leave knitted or crochet small gifts to find. I do this and it is a nice feeling to hopefully make someone’s day.

Small tokens of kindness, have huge benefits for people who may be having a bad time. Even if life is good it is lovely to find these small gifts.

I think the postcards with kindly messages on is a good idea too. It would cheer me up if I was feeling down.

"Sorry, I don't mean to dim but how is that a random act of kindness?" Because all too often, the 'finder' isn't necessarily in a good place, and finding something with a little message of support can lift them out of a very dark place.

Sorry, I don't mean to dim but how is that a random act of kindness?
There was a similar scheme some time ago involving books. You were meant to leave a book in a public place with a website address inside the front cover. The idea was that the person who found the book would register the title and location where it was found. Then they'd read it and leave it somewhere else for the next person to find. The book's "journey" could then be plotted on a map. That wasn't an act of kindness either, it was just something that was fun to do. As I recall, it didn't last very long because people kept throwing what they thought to be abandoned books into waste bins...

Some people where I live have raised wooden "library boxes" in their front gardens, to which passers-by can either add a book or from which they can take a book. I think that's a nice idea too.

I made some clay Casper ghosts (cookie cutter) run up to Halloween. Left them on buses / around my village.
Never knew if they were adopted or binned, no shares were made to f.b group.
I hope they did make someone smile.

I did some painted rocks during covid and on my daily walks I would hide them. It was fun seeing them found and posted on our local rocks site.

I hid one on Ibiza last summer and just waiting for it to turn up.

That's lovely. A few years back children's books appeared in our local little park with a lovely note saying to enjoy and pass on. Then someone left those lovely painted stones and anithrr time there were some little crocheted bees.x

In Lockdiwn days I found a selection of beautifully illustrated A5 postcards in my supermarket trolley, pictures on one side and very poignant literary quotes on the other. It was a rainy day and I didn’t want to just leave them to be ruined, so took them home and gave one each to various neighbours who I thought might appreciate them. I later found out that the artist was the neighbour of a friend, who was doing the drawings as a way of managing the restrictions of Covid and his own mental health too.

Remember all the pretty painted stones left around the streets?

No but it’s a nice idea, maybe it will catch on.😃