This lent instead of giving up something, why not focus on giving back instead?
I’ve come up with 40 random acts of kindness as a guideline. They’re simple and inexpensive but could literally change someone’s day… or life!
- Give someone a compliment
- Let someone go ahead of you in the line
- Donate to your local charity shop
- Pay for a strangers coffee
- Smile at everyone you see today
- Leave positive feedback online for a service you received
- Thank someone you may take for granted
- Leave a happy note for someone else to find
- Send a random text to a friend to remind them how much you appreciate them
- Buy some extra food and give it to a food bank
- Leave heads up pennies on the ground
- Visit an elderly neighbour or family member
- Send a thank you note
- Let the kids choose what fun they would like today
- Check up on a friend who is grieving
- Hold the door open for others
- Set up a bird bath
- Offer to babysit for a friend or family member
- Leave a present on a colleagues table
- Pick up rubbish at a playground
- Do something helpful for a family member or friend
- Invite someone lonely to meet up
- Leave a random note of kindness inside a library book
- Leave change on a vending machine
- Volunteer at your local charity store or homeless shelter
- Say thank you!
- Tell your parents you love them
- Donate books to a library
- Sponsor a child
- Visit a nursing home
- Donate or help at an animal shelter
- Spend time outdoors
- Put your phone down when you’re in company
- Talk to a stranger
- Plant something, mind it and watch it grow
- Surprise a friend with a bunch of flowers
- Give love to someone hurting
- Call an old friend
- Go 24 hours without criticising anyone, especially yourself!
- Start a new list of random acts of kindness!
