The hustle and bustle of our day-to-day lives can make it hard to see the people around us. We walk to and from our endeavors with headphones in, glued to our cellular devices sucked into our own thoughts and ourselves. Meanwhile there are opportunities for kindness all around us, at every turn. We stumbled across this video of three people who took five minutes out of their day to make a huge difference in the life of another person. The impact was truly inspiring: Click here to view video: http://youtu.be/X0gA2mxbjSY Editor of Lagniappe, Caitlin Brewster, wrote about “following the … [Read more...]
The Ripple Effect
“Lagniappe” editor Caitlin Brewster used the analogy of what happens when a pebble is tossed into a lake or other body of calm water to describe kindness. “Although the pebble is small, the effect is large. From that tiny plop, ripples begin to spread out in all directions. And it never ceases to amaze me just how far they can extend.” Just as we talked about on Monday, someone who receives kindness is then inspired to show kindness. This kindness radiates from them and reaches the people around them. A great example of what we will call the “kindness effect” is the following story. … [Read more...]