The knock-on effects of your actions can spread kindness more widely as people read the positive news of what you have done.
This month’s guest blog shows how kindness is making a difference to community and climate in north Wales – a tale to inspire us all to be more mindful and live in greener ways. Thanks to Emily Ellis, Social Media and Communications Officer at Repair Café Wales, for sharing this example with us. We’d love […]
“I was served at the checkout by a tall man who casually asked if the traffic was still bad outside. I don’t think he really expected me to then pour out not only my journey woes of sitting for and hour and a half in a traffic jam between two junctions but also the tales
I couldn’t believe it when I looked out of the window last Wednesday morning to see large flakes of snow coming down! I reached out to someone who lives near me and asked for a lift to aerobics – she immediately agreed which was very kind of her. The snow had stopped by the time
“I regularly take a portion of a meal to my parents and mother in law. Such a simple thing and they love it. My cooking is a very different style then theirs. My man is taxidriver when needed and does the odd DIY and tech jobs. We get homemade classical dutch food like rubarb, applepie,
“I shared something I wrote (about long covid) with some friends, they said it was ‘beautiful’ and ‘truly excellent’, it felt very nice to hear.” Thank you to Matthew on Mastodon for allowing us to share this. Cheering on our friends and supporting them is an act of kindness and we know that you’re doing
I was invited by Carolyn Whitehouse to go along as a visitor to a meeting of the Thames Valley Professional Speaking Association because I want to grow the speaking side of Time for Kindness. She told me they were a friendly group and how right she was! Everyone made me feel so welcome and were
As I waited to cross the road at some traffic lights, a mum and baby stopped next to me. The baby was very smiley and the mum and I fell into conversation about being a mum, the good and bad bits at different ages. It was a brief but lovely conversation, 2 people just showing
“My son has been challenged to do 25 kind things as part of a Children in Need challenge and I actually really love how he is seeking out opportunities! Tiny things all for a tick on a sheet. But hope it plants a seed… I can see the joy it brings to all of us”
How does kindness show up in your workplace? “I experienced kindness from one of my clients this morning. When I explained that a tricky family situation meant that I wasn’t able to start my work for her until later in the day, she replied immediately to say “Work can wait”. She literally used these words
“I was teaching at a convention the week after attending a different convention, so I was pretty wiped while needed to rework the class I usually teach to make it fit where I was teaching. Someone else who was teaching there offered me a tonne of advice, read through my workshop and sent some pointers,
