Response to a Non-Classmate: Random Acts of Kindness!

I am responding to this blog post by Cara McGee.

I love those random acts of kindness that make you smile and for a moment make you proud to be apart of this world. I’m such a sucker for social experiments on YouTube, even though there are now an overwhelmingly amount of them all over. Still, I tear up at almost every one.

The post that Cara McGee is responding to in her blog (free hats and scarves tied to trees for anyone that needs them) is an act I have never actually seen, which makes me love it all the more. It’s original.

I agree with her that we all tend to forget how fortunate we are. Yeah, we might not love having all of this work and stress that comes with going to college, but we are lucky enough to have the opportunity and choice of getting an education in the first place. We have clothes and homes and people who love us, yet we forget to value this and instead complain that our moms are calling us too much to check in, simply because they miss us.

Think how great the world would be if we all were just nice. We don’t have to be friends with everyone, but we can all be friendly. I know, this is so cliché. But it’s so true! Why can’t we be nice? Why is everything a competition?

I think that Cara’s list of little acts of kindness was so creative as a response, because it proves that the simple Facebook post she saw of the free scarves and hats affected her and reminded her there are others less fortunate that need our help. We all need that eye-opener.

My favorite bullet on the list she wrote was…well all of them, honestly, but I loved “say thank you to a janitor”. It’s random, but it’s something that would mean so much to them, because they clean our messes as a job without complaining, but also not getting any reward from it. The innocent thank you would just show them some appreciation they probably rarely receive.

So in response of Cara’s list, I thought it was only fitting that I made my own list of random acts of kindness!

• Help someone who looks lost
• Pay for the person behind me in line
• Smile
• Feed the stray animals (can’t forget about them!)
• Be nice to my body…eat healthier!
•  Listen to someone who needs it
• Compliment someone
• Say sorry when necessary
• Check in on an old friend
• Include my parents
• Donate to a charity
• Volunteer more

Although these are very straightforward, they obviously will help people in various ways.

Hopefully my response on Cara’s response will help you with your list of random acts of kindness!