Random Acts of Kindness - and the Internet…

  Before I left my job in the public service, I was surfing the ‘net for some information in relation to ‘Not for profit’ organisations. One of the sites I visited had a link regarding ‘Random Acts of Kindness’. This activity evidently is part of a movement, particularly in the USA, to generate more kindness to other citizens. There was even a movie (‘Pass it Forward’) that promoted the concept even further.

 Here is the introduction to the home page;

Practice Random Kindness and Senseless Acts of Beauty:
This site is dedicated to recognizing those beautiful, faceless, nameless people out there that do things that help out someone they don't know, and never will. 

My Religion is simple. My religion is kindness.   The Dalai Lama

I expect to pass through life but once. If, therefore, there be any kindness I can show, Or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, Let me do it now, as I shall not pass this  way again.    William Penn

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For those with Internet access, you might like to check out the URL
http://www.noogenesis.com/malama/kindness/index.asp for more stories and information.

On the site, there are a number of heart-warming short articles relating to many anonymous acts of kindness, and the effects they have had on both the recipients and the givers.

 Here is just one of the items I found interesting and worth passing on.

 I can't even remember where I originally picked up this clipping, but after years on my refrigerator I copied it and now send it to everyone that does even the smallest act of kindness... whether they realize it or not.   Leo Buscaglia: 

The majority of us lead quiet, unheralded lives as we pass through this world. There will most likely be no tickertape parades for us, no monuments created in our honour. But that does not lessen our possible impact, for there are scores of people waiting for someone just like us to come along; people who will appreciate our compassion, our encouragement, who will need our unique talents. Someone who will live a happier life merely because we took the time to share what we had to give.

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. It is overwhelming to consider the continuous opportunities there are to make our love felt.
(Source; http://www.noogenesis.com/malama/kindness/Stories/0065.html)

Christopher Fulker

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Eight new choir robes are currently needed, due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.

Scouts are saving aluminium cans, bottles, and other items to be recycled.  Proceeds will be used to cripple children.

 
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