Be a kindness ninja
Sometimes it’s fun to do something kind for someone for no reason. Here are some ideas:
- Give a gift card to a homeless person
- Leave cookies on a neighbour’s doorstep
- Donate a bag of clothing to charity
- Pick up trash around your neighbourhood
- Think of five things you are grateful for
- Bring a box of books to a dr’s or dentist’s office
- Tape change to a vending machine
- Make “blessings bags” to leave in the car
- Pay for several coffees at the coffee shop
- Let someone go ahead of you in line
- Drop off sheets/blankets at an animal shelter
- Adopt a soldier
- Think of five things you like about yourself
- Make a birdfeeder for your yard
- Hand out new, warm socks to a homeless person
- Call someone you haven’t spoken to in a while
- Leave some encouraging notes around your school or office or a mall
- Carry someone’s groceries to their car
- Give a hot chocolate to a crossing guard
- Drop off cookies to a police station or fire station
- Drop off magazines and books to a seniors’ home
- Make a hot meal for a friend or neighbour
- Send a gratitude text to a friend
- Leave a thank you note to your mailman
- Leave a thank you note to your garbage collector
- Apologize to someone. Forgive yourself.
- Leave a nice note in a library book
- Have some hot cocoa with your family and write gratitudes on paper
- hearts and decorate your home with them
- Create art and drop it off at a seniors’ home