This collection of posts illustrates the difference that acts of kindness make to others’ lives. Your actions matter and these good news posts show you how.
I joined the Professional Speaking Association and Lynn Mead sent me a voicemail to welcome me and say she’s looking forward to welcoming me in person at the next meeting. This was kind in itself and also because I won’t feel so nervous walking into the meeting for the first time. Where have you experienced […]
“I was pushing my toddler along the waterfront in Liverpool and she fell asleep. On a bumpy bit of path, her toy slipped out of her sleeping hands without me noticing. A couple of hours later, I realised the toy was gone and tried to quickly retrace my steps, but I didn’t have much time
“I got a string of quite scary diagnoses recently and the day after I told my stepmum a bunch of flowers and a shortbread biscuit were delivered from her. A lot of changes are happening because of my health so it made such a huge difference and they’re blooming beautifully and providing a little joy
“Our cleaner, AdvanceFlex, is really lovely but this last time she also left a weird note that made us chuckle on the freezer board list. She also created what looked like a ritual sacrifice of the bathroom ducks around the single bathroom cat! It’s such a small thing but they both made us smile and
“I was pedalling my bicycle as fast as I could down a long, straight stretch of road, feeling great. I’d just discovered the pleasures of riding a road bike, and I loved every minute that I could get away. Out of nowhere, my chain came off right in the middle of the sprint I was
This week I’m pleased to bring the last in the current series of conversations with kind leaders: a conversation I had with Saskia Roskom, co-founder of The Biskery, a specialist biscuit baking business. Key takeaways You can listen to the whole of my conversation with Saskia on the Time for Kindness YouTube channel. Please do
“My neighbour cut her hedge on the weekend. She doesn’t have a bin for garden waste but I do, so I told her she could put her hedge clippings in it. I put it out for collection this week, and normally they collect when I’m out at work, so I often come home and have
“My housemate caught covid and I already have long covid that has been destroying my life, so my girlfriend let me hideout at her place with my two dogs so I could avoid getting sick. Thankfully my dogs and her cats put up with each other with minimal stress.” It’s so important to notice kindness
There are lots of kind leaders in the world, we just don’t hear their stories often enough. So I’m continuing with the Time for Kindness Kind Leaders campaign. Each person that I’ve spoken to about how they bring kindness into the way they lead has brought interesting perspectives and insight. In a world where the
I saw a poster about a friendship table at Woodley library and it struck me as a great example of kindness: What kindness have you spotted in your local community? Get more inspiration for kind acts you could spot: Kindness at Thames Valley Professional Speaking Association. Help for man pulled over by dog. Young lad
