The acts of kindness can be simple; carrying a senior’s groceries, complementing a colleague’s work, or donating some canned vegetables at the area food bank — but the rewards are substantial.
February 17 is Random Acts of Kindness Day in the U.S. — it’s celebrated on other dates around the world.
I’ll never forget our neighbor shoveled our driveway, a couple days after I got a pacemaker. Today is Random Acts of Kindness Day. What acts of random kindness do you remember?
— Neal Augenstein (@Augenstein²ÝÝ®´«Ã½)
The has celebrated this day since 1995, in an attempt to make kindness the norm.
In more recent days, some people have had the surprise of pulling up to a drive-thru window and being told the person ahead of them already paid for their coffee.
Other acts of kindness are more grand: In 1984, a Dobbs Ferry, New York, police officer with a server at a Yonkers pizza restaurant. The story is the basis for the 1994 romantic comedy, “It Could Happen To You.”
The theme of improving one person’s life as a way of improving the world is the premise behind the film “Pay It Forward.”
The person who has the isn’t the only one who benefits; scientists said witnesses to acts of kindness often perpetuate them — suggesting
And the person doing the giving also benefits, as researchers have concluded that.
