With terror attacks in Paris, wars raging in the Middle East, and mass shootings in California, it's hard to realize that there is a lot of good in this world as well. We don't celebrate the random acts of kindness like we do the random acts of terror, but perhaps we should.
Good news is boring.
As a news guy I've always worked under the "If it bleeds, it leads" mantra. Watch the news and there is always a murder or a fire as the top story. It's never about the guy that held the door for the little old lady at the mall. If you go by what's in the paper or on the nightly news you would think that nothing good ever happens. But it does.
The world is filled with good people. Some times it just takes a little kick for people to realize that. For every person filled with hate there are literally MILLIONS of people who are filled with good. But some times we forget that.
Last weekend I was in my hometown of Geneseo, NY driving around looking at all the old sights like I do every time I visit my parents. I stopped in Cricket's Coffee Company on Main Street and bought a $50 gift certificate. I told the two workers behind the counter, Mike and Jordan, that I didn't want to use it; I wanted THEM to use it. I asked them if they could buy people coffee as they came in. Thanks to them I was able to spread a little holiday cheer in my home town.
I got a message from the coffee house later in the day telling me that thanks to my random act of kindness people began paying it forward and they ended up serving $100 of gifted coffee that day. If that's not proof that kindness is contagious, I'm not sure what is. You never know what one good deed will lead to until you do it.
I got a message from the coffee house later in the day telling me that thanks to my random act of kindness people began paying it forward and they ended up serving $100 of gifted coffee that day. If that's not proof that kindness is contagious, I'm not sure what is. You never know what one good deed will lead to until you do it.
I decided not to stop there. When I got home I went to the nearest Toys "R" Us and bought a $50 gift card. I asked Caroline if she would find someone who could use it a little more than I could. After looking at me like I was nuts, she of course said she would find someone buying Christmas presents for their kids. I don't know what happened after I left or who she gave the card to, but I like to think that that person paid it forward as well. Maybe they didn't buy someone else a $50 gift card, but perhaps they did a little something like holding the door for a little old lady.
Perhaps we don't celebrate the random acts of kindness like we should because they are happening all around us. We seem to focus on the bad, but forget to realize that people are inherently good. People don't do nice things to draw attention to themselves or to gain praise, they just do it and hope others do it as well.
I've partnered with KIND Snacks and Life of Dad to draw attention to people doing kind things. Their #kindawesome campaign spreads kindness by celebrating kind acts. KIND has been on a mission since day one to inspire kindness and their hope is that it resonates with parents as they try to instill kindness in their kids.
It's important now more than ever we teach our kids the RIGHT thing, the KIND thing. If you know of someone doing something nice and would like to reward them, hit me up on my Facebook page and let me know.
*I've partnered with Life of Dad and KIND Snacks for this promotion.
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