Perform deliberate acts of kindness.

from Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) – Visitors to London always have to be on the look out for pickpockets, but now there’s another, more positive phenomenon on the loose—putpockets.

Aware that people are suffering in the economic crisis, 20 former pickpockets have turned over a new leaf and are now trawling London’s tourist sites slipping money back into unsuspecting pockets.

Anything from 5 pounds ($8) to 20 pound notes is being surreptitiously deposited in unguarded pockets or open handbags in Trafalgar Square, Covent Garden and other busy spots.

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I’ve gotten more cheers on this than on any other goal of mine, and yet I’ve hardly done anything worth mentioning (or at any rate remembering to mention).

I suppose the cheers are meant to encourage me, or the cheer-ers haven’t actually read my posts to see what a slacker I am.

doing things big and small for people you know and those you will never meet, but for its own sake, not necessarily because they’ve done something for you.

However, the day before yesterday I was cooking the tea and realised there was no white wine in the house to add to the dish. I went round to my neighbors and asked if they might have some and they happily obliged. My neighbor is the City mayor and the wine she gave me was some very expensive stuff from Germany that she was given when Hereford twinned with Dillenburg. I was so touched that made some (vegan, obviously!) chocolate-orange truffles and made a special bag to put them in with a mini thank-you card attached.

Made me feel great to pay something back and whole-heartedly enjoy it!

turned the AC on, and downloaded all her email to her computer.

for a friend

a very small thing, but I know it makes mom happy: I turned down the air-conditioning after her long weekend up the mountain.

...to be patient with and kind to someone who has been impatient and critical of me more times than not, it feels, throughout my life.

Random Acts of Kindness will change the world we live in. Character is defined by our actions, or actions stem from our feelings about things. Our feelings grow from our thoughts. Feed your mind with positive uplifting material and your actions will be uplifting too.

After a little bit of a rocky start after Mom’s knee replacement surgery, have been trying to be helpful and generous. I never leave her house now without first asking what else I can do for her.

Several different times today in traffic I let several people enter traffic in front of me. I’m sure the people behind me didn’t see it as a kindness, but I did get nice waves from the people who went in front of me.