How to Be a Kindness Ninja #WorldKindnessDay #KindnessNinja

Today is World Kindness Day

My spiritual idol, The Dalai Lama, says:

"When we feel love and kindness towards others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace".

Very wise words.

And my Grandmother, who always encouraged the attitude of kindness without expecting something in return, would wholeheartedly agree. The best way to make kindness a habit is by pledging to be a Kindness Ninja.

Who is a Kindness Ninja?

You cannot see the Ninja. But you can see or feel the kindness the ninja brings to the world.

You will not see a kindness ninja showing off, because her goal is to make others happy without expecting anything in return.

Kindness ninjas believe in the power of kindness to spread happiness. This unifies the world, cultivating positive leadership, and human connection.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see ~ Mark Twain

So, how to be a kindness ninja?

As a practising Kindness Ninja, here are my suggestions. I am sure you can add a few hundred more!

1. Smile at someone at the supermarket
2. Leave an encouraging message on the windshield of a random car
3. Bring coloring books and crayons to children hospital
4. Spend time with people at your local home for the elderly
5. Compliment the first person you see today
6. Share your cab with someone for free
7. Teach someone somethingcoc
8. Donate your skills & talents to people who need it
9. Write a nice note on the back of the bill
10. Help someone with their heavy bags
11. Comfort someone in distress, if only by holding hands or with an hug
12. Visit a local hospice and spend some time, listening, chatting
13. Tell a street performer how amazing he or she is
14. Post inspiring post-its for strangers to find around the city
15. Write an inspiring message with chalk on a sidewalk
16. Make a helpful introduction
17. Smile and wave from your bus window to someone riding to the opposite direction
18. Stand at a public place and hand out short encouraging notes.
19. Give up your seat to someone in the public transport
20. Leave an inspirational note in a library book
21. Hold up a sign saying 'You are perfect' on the side of the road
22. Donate books you have read to a library
23. Leave flowers on someone's doorstep
24. Put a kind note into a random mailbox
25. Let someone go in front of you at the checkout line
26. Give high-fives to people going opposite direction on escalator
27. Make a video to cheer someone up
28. Offer to take a picture for tourists
29. Pick up trash around the park, beach or your block
30. Offer your friend / neighbor to pet walk
31. Invite your neighbor over for a meal
32. Read a book to someone
33. Make kindness stones and leave them at a park
34. Help an elderly person or someone in need to cross the street
35. Write a hand written note of appreciation to someone you care about
36. Ask an elderly person to tell their life story
37. Offer a couple of hours of free babysitting to parents
38. Bring a treat to a retirement house
39. Make someone laugh
40. Eat lunch with someone new
41. Apologize to someone you have wronged
42. Compliment someone to their boss
43. Forgive someone and never bring the issue up again
44. Sign up to volunteer at a non-profit
45. Send a message to someone just to wish good morning or good night
46. Donate your unused clothes
47. Send a post card to a long lost friend
48. Give away balloons to kids you meet on the street
49. Say 'thank you' to a bus driver
50. Do a favor to your busiest friend
51. Call a homeless shelter, ask what they need and bring it
52. Write to partner/best friend a list of what you love about them
53. Plant a flower in a public area
54. Thank your father / uncle for something he has tought you
55. Send a greetings cards to lonely people at the retirement / nursing home / sick children's hospital
56. Call your parents or family and say you love them
57. Send a compliment to a person you don't really get along with
58. Tell your mother / aunt what you appreciate her for
59. Leave a positive review about your favorite place
60. Give a small gift to someone, just because
61. Put up a "Take a smile!" tear-off poster
62. Allow someone to help you
63. Donate pet food to a local animal shelter
64. Invite someone who is alone over for dinner
65. Write a reference for someone even if they are not looking for a job now
66. Call an elder relative and let them know you wanted to hear their voice
67. Buy someone a coffee
68. Thank a policeman or fireman for the work they do to keep all of us safe
69. Give someone a gratitude journal to collect their happy moments in
70. Pause, to help someone with something, even if you're in a rush
71. Gift life. Pledge your organs/eyes
72. Send a message to someone saying you're thinking about them
73. Tell someone you are proud of them
74. Give a flower to a stranger
75. Leave a treat at a neighbor's doorstep anonymously
76. Call a person you haven't spoken to for a while
77. Write a thank you letter to someone who made a difference in your life
78. Stop to have a conversation with a homeless person
79. Make a thank you sign for trash collectors and leave it on your trash bins
80. Send a letter / postcard to someone who needs support now
81. Donate a toy or table game to an orphanage
82. Set out seeds for the birds
83. Help a friend to pursue their passion / hobby / what they are good at
84. Tape signs to bathroom mirrors that say - "You are beautiful!"
85. Help a mother with her baby stroller
86. Bring coffee to someone studying in the library
87. Leave a bouquet at the hospital - the nurses know who needs it the most
88. Write someone a silly yet encouraging poem
89. Thank the people close to you for simply being who they are
90. Send a message to a friend sharing your favorite memory of them
91. Email or visit an old teacher or mentor, and thank them for all they did for you
92. Donate blood
93. Help someone to make their wish come true
94. Bring flowers to the maternity hospital to congratulate new parents
95. Do an act of kindness to yourself
96. Listen to the stranger's story about their happiest moment in life
97. Kiss your Mom's hand, or the hand of someone you love
98. Spread the word about the cause you believe in
99. Create your own act of kindness and perform it
100. Challenge your friends to take this kindness challenge

Cool, eh?

My religion is very simple - my religion is kindness ~ The Dalai Lama

Are you ready to be a Kindness Ninja?

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