NICE News: Belated World Kindness Day

Happy Belated World Kindness Day everybody! Somehow I was looking at my calendar wrong and I thought that TODAY was the 13th. Silly me! I got it completely wrong! But I can't go without mentioning it, so I think today would be a good time to celebrate Belated World Kindness Day. :) Sorry for dropping the ball on this one!!

Let's pretend I wrote this yesterday. Uh, I mean, I did write this yesterday. I mean today. Um....oh, forget it.

November 13th was decreed World Kindness Day because it "was the opening day of the first World Kindness Movement® conference held at Tokyo in 1998, and the 35th anniversary of the Small Kindness Movement of Japan, which brought the signatories of the ‘declaration of kindness’ of the World Kindness Movement together in 1997." Read more about it here.

I really liked this section from the website:
We can be co-creators of a better world, and we can have a positive effect on world peace, when we bring order into our lives. Be what you want the world to be. Is that difficult? Only if you think it is! When we accept the reality that we can create positive change, we move beyond ourselves, our limitations, our doubts, and realise our infinite power. Anthropologist Margaret Mead said, Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.

PBS.org has their tips for 10 ways to celebrate World Kindness Day. Aside from being a day late, I think these are things that could be done ANY day!

1. Leave something special on the neighbor's doorstep. Flowers, a baked good, an invitation to share a meal.
2. Make your kid's bed. Do the one chore your kid hates the most for him/her.
3. Make a contribution toward this very important fund. Change and one dollar bills from piggy banks count too.
4. Write a thank you or draw a picture for someone you love. Tell them what you love about them and thank them for being themselves.
5. Pay the toll for the car behind you, let your child give the money from the back window.
6. Pick up some trash. Spend an hour cleaning up a park, school, or even your neighborhood.
7. Make Hope Notes together as a family and spread them all over your city or town.
8. Try to smile at 10 people today.
9. Visit a grandparent or elderly friend.
10. Start an Acts of Kindness list.

Let's make every day a "kindness" day! What do you say?