Random Acts of Kindness

Lighting up your heart with happiness is sometimes as simple as doing something unselfishly for someone else. It does not have to be a huge deal, it could be something as simple as keeping the store door open for a mother pushing a pram. Or allowing the person standing in line behind you to step in front of you for billing at the supermarket. Or giving a stranger a smile and a flower. 

The idea is to simply put a smile on someone else’s face by performing a random act of kindness. The funny thing is, when you see that smile on a stranger’s face, the one that your action put there, it automatically gives you a warm feeling inside your own chest.  The smile on the face of the receiver is often reflected back on the face of the giver.

Making time for kindness

Being kind is not something that you need to be taught. Most children are kind to all strangers that they meet. They will bring their toys to play with other children they see and share them easily. It is only later in life when our perception is coloured by all kinds of distasteful things that we become cynical and suspicious. This makes it difficult for us to be kind to people as we are distrustful of their true motives.

We are worried that by opening up our heart and generosity to someone who does not deserve it, we will be left looking foolish and vulnerable. In order to protect ourselves, from the possibility of getting hurt, we decide not to let anyone in. The trouble is when you shut the door nothing, neither good nor bad, can come in to your life. So make time for kindness to others and you will find it flows right back to you.

More you give the more you get

The Law of Attraction ensures that whatever you put out into the universe returns to your life manifold. So if you have been doing random acts of kindness for a while, you will often find yourself surprised by the thoughtfulness of strangers in your life. People will come into your life for a while and for absolutely no reason what so ever do you a favour and walk away. They will not expect you to do anything for them in return.

The truth is that you have been “paying it forward” with your own random acts of kindness. So these strangers do not expect you to reciprocate their kindness individually. The account of kindness done is large and so you will also be eligible to receive kindness as per the law of attraction. Now that you know how it works make sure you help the elderly lady struggling with her bags, or bring pastries to work with you for no reason at all.

The cheer you spread in the world affect you as well

It is like throwing a rock encased in a snow ball down the slope of a snowy mountain. By the time rock reaches the bottom it has gathered so much snow that it bursts out in all directions. Your random acts of kindness are also creating a similar action by spreading cheer in the world around you. Since you are part of that very same world, the cheer comes around to engulf you as well.