Weekend Kindness
Reaching Others Through Kindness

Now that Christmas has passed, we have a vision of a new year upon us. I imagine in the next few days we’ll be seeing many “the best of 2007″ recaps! It’s always fun to see the highlight of the past year and I wanted to pass along my top 5 ways of showing kindness over the past few years. It stemmed from a few “new years resolutions” gone right!

5. Call your parents twice a week and siblings at least once. I had received a daily desk calendar with lots of great daily tips, this one stuck out to me, so I’ve carried it from office to office and had it sitting out so it’s a visual reminder that family is important!

4. Small things matter – send a birthday card! Typically at the beginning of each month I’ll sit down and sign and address all my birthday cards for the entire month! I’ll write the date of the birthday on the back in a small lettering. I’ll keep them with me and send them out according! A frugal tip: Buying a package of the large note card looking cardstock from Michael’s or another craft store and just make my own! Otherwise, several store are now coming out with .48 and 1.00 cards!

3. This is a recent act of kindness from a colleagues that when said, made complete sense! In my career path, we all work long days, weeks and months at different points in the semester. We try really hard to support other offices in their programs and services, but sometimes there’s just not enough time in a week! My colleagues suggestion was just to take a few minutes to check in with those other people to ask how said program went or said event! In addition, he’s really good about following up with people he hasn’t seen in a few days! Check in on your friends and family – ask questions, be involved AND interested!

2. Establish a community. This has always been super important to me. I love being able to walk with others and be able to lean on my friends and family! In order to have friends you need to be a friend. I’ve tried so hard to establish a firm foundation in all my friendships and those relationships have lasted over the years! It’s not how many friends you have, but keep those friends you have close to your heart!

1. Love. Love. Love. (nuff said)

So, what are you top ways of offering kindness?

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