Nothing spreads the love more than a random act of kindness. Whether it be a smile, someone holding the door open for you or a text to say I love you – we all need these little bursts of sunshine in our lives.
Society has gotten to a point where money and grand gestures are what makes people happy but it’s the little things, the effort, the thought and the care that someone has put into something that I think really makes the difference. That’s why I’ve been making the gifts that I give people this year, because I think that the thought and effort that I put into them to make them unique means more than the money I could have spent in a shop.
When browsing through You Baby Me Mummy blog by the lovely Aby, I came across her post – ‘Kindness – Will you pay it forward?’ It’s exactly the kind of thing that I love to see and saw it as my chance to get involved and pay a little kindness forward myself.
Here’s how it works: The first 5 people who comment on this blog post saying ‘I’m in’ will receive a gift from me in the post at some point during 2014 (probably more likely to be the next few weeks as otherwise it’s a long way off!). This gift could be anything; something that I’ve made, a postcard, a beautiful picture … just something that I think would brighten your day and make you smile. Of course I’ll base my gift on what I think you would like from looking at your blog or social media accounts and try and make it unique to you 🙂
You won’t know when you will receive it so it will make for a lovely surprise and hopefully brighten up your day!
The only condition is that you have to do the same. You must make a similar post to this one and put it on your blog or social media accounts and pay the love forward to five more people.
Here’s to a happy 2014 full of kindness – let’s spread the love 🙂
12 Comments
Alice Young
24th February 2014 at 10:20 amI’m in!!! Love this idea 🙂
admin
24th February 2014 at 10:23 amAmazing I’m so glad thank you! Once I have 5 people I’ll be in touch to get your address etc 🙂
Charlotte
24th February 2014 at 10:22 amI’m totally up for this! Love the idea 🙂 Recently did a day of random acts of kindness and it was such a nice feeling { http://www.winegumsandwatermelons.com/2014/02/day-random-acts-kindness.html } xx
admin
24th February 2014 at 11:18 amGreat thanks Charlotte! I have 2 now so as soon as I’m at 5 I’ll be in touch 🙂 xxx
You Baby Me Mummy
24th February 2014 at 5:10 pmThanks for joining in! I am excited to start picking my presents x
admin
24th February 2014 at 7:46 pmThanks for getting me involved 🙂 I’m excited too!
Vicky (@aroundandupsidedown)
26th February 2014 at 10:03 amI have to say I really do love this idea. I’ve been in groups that do RAOK etc, and it really is a lift 🙂
Love Vicky
http://www.aroundandupsidedown.co.uk/
Jessica
26th February 2014 at 4:06 pmIt makes me feel s good and I can’t wait to send of the little treats and know that from those 25 more people are receiving gifts! xxx
Char
26th February 2014 at 12:24 pmOh I love things like this, I’m totally in!!
Jessica
26th February 2014 at 4:09 pmFab! Thanks Char! I’ll be in touch 🙂 xxx
Gemma Collins
26th February 2014 at 12:25 pmYess I am in 🙂
Jessica
26th February 2014 at 4:09 pmGreat Gemma thanks! 1 more person then I can start planning what my gifts will be 🙂 xxx