Intentional Acts of Kindness

Not everyone is a candidate for living kidney donation but that doesn't mean you don't have the opportunity on a DAILY basis to help make someone's life easier or better. What follows is a list of fun activities that will bring a smile to the face of a stranger and yours too! I prefer to call them intentional rather than random acts of kindness. Random suggests maybe sometimes doing a good deed if you feel like it. An intentional act requires mindfulness and coming from a place of compassion and lovingkindness.

If you have other ideas feel free to add them in the comments or share you experience with intentional acts of kindness.

Text or tweet a compliment

Bring healthy treats to work to share

Put your phone away when a friend is talking

Add quarters to an expired meter

Send anonymous flowers

Make two lunches and give one away.

Leave change in a vending machine or washer at the laundromat

Donate blankets to the shelter

Reverse a negative conversation with something positive

Pick up litter on your walk

Donate school supplies to a teacher

Send dessert to another table

Tip over-generously

Adopt a friend at the nursing home

Leave a note that reads “you look amazing!” on a bathroom mirror

Smile at strangers and see how many you can get to smile back

Give a massage gift certificate to a stressed friend or coworker

Thank a teacher who had a positive impact on you

Bring a welcome gift or have lunch with a new neighbor/coworker

Leave a flower on a stranger’s windshield

Better yet—bomb the whole parking lot with flowers!

Leave random compliment notes

Pay for the person behind you in the drive-through

Sign up with Donate Life as an organ donor

Listen. Really listen...