25 Easy Ways to Be Kind

  1. Smile at a stranger.
  2. Warm your child's favorite blanket in the dryer for a few minutes in the morning.
  3. Call someone you're thinking about.
  4. Leave a note in your mailbox thanking your mail carrier.
  5. Buy a cup of coffee for the next person in line.
  6. Straighten up a mess.
  7. Invite someone over for dinner.
  8. Pour a bubble bath for a loved one and give them an uninterrupted hour alone.
  9. Volunteer an hour of our time at an elementary school or after-school program.
  10. Set your alarm an hour early and make a special breakfast on an ordinary week day.
  11. Reach out to someone new.
  12. Make a plate of cookies for someone, just because.
  13. Tutor a student.
  14. Celebrate a small victory with helium balloons.
  15. Give all the change in your wallet to the jar on the counter.
  16. Instead of throwing out your old magazines, offer them to a friend.
  17. Offer a listening ear instead of advice.
  18. Honk for happy reasons.
  19. Treat yourself to a milkshake.
  20. Better yet, treat someone else.
  21. Send a funny card in the mail.
  22. Switch the roll of toilet paper.
  23. Hold the door for someone.
  24. Memorize a joke and tell it to three people.
  25. Send a tin of cookies to a loved one far away.
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