Last week my brother was doing one of his long cycle rides hoping for a personal best. He stopped at a road junction and noticed the old lady he was beside was driving a car with a flat tyre. He knocked on her window and changed her tyre for her in the rain. I would…
When I returned to my car after doing an errand, I found a beautiful flower placed carefully on the windshield. It was fresh picked, but I didn’t see any flowering plants in the area, so I don’t know where they got it.
My husband and I went swimming yesterday and as I was labouring up down the pool (not a pretty sight I can tell you!). x There were a group of people that came in the pool, brought in by a carer. I could tell they each had disabilities/issues of some kind. One of the young…
When one of your children, (student or biological) is hysterical because they’ve just had an accident or some sort of perceived trauma, what’s your first challenge? You need to understand what has happened, so you can soothe them. This of course is impossible if the child is blabbering and sobbing incomprehensibly. Your naturally wise self…
In 2015 Pembroke Primary School embarked on a multidisciplinary journey, where students were encouraged to work with peers, teachers and local experts to solve real-world problems. The students discussed issues such as animal welfare, health and homelessness. It was the idea of homelessness that really struck an emotional cord with the students. Their overwhelming gratitude…
To the lovely lady behind me at the register at Woolworths in Seville (Victoria, Australia) just now, I cannot thank you enough for paying for the ice cream and topping that I was buying as a treat for my children.
While shopping just prior to Christmas, on a colder, windy day, I encountered a gray-haired gentleman asking for help. I was preparing to open the trunk to place bags in when he approached. He said, I’m not meaning to pressure or frighten you in any way, just wondering if I could assist you with your…
INSIDE: Read the complete Nails in the Fence story (often called the holes in the fence story) to learn a powerful lesson about the permanent scars left by anger. Perfect for SEL, it teaches emotional regulation, empathy, and the value of repairing harm, giving teachers a relatable tool for self-reflection and to guide kinder choices….
I call myself The Happiness Ninja. I dress in a Ninja costume and hit the streets conducting random acts of kindness!
I was at the 99 cent store yesterday (which is rare). I also happened to have cash (also rare — I usually just pay with my card). The woman in front of me had a full cart. She offered to let the boys and I go ahead of her as we only had a few…
Me and my sister were raised to always help the people in need. We went to lunch one day and ate in the car. We saw a man across the street taking his shoes off from having blisters on his feet. He was watching us eat and we both began to cry, feeling so bad…
My friends and I have been helping a homeless gentleman and his dog for about a year and a half now. The police have made it more and more difficult to find them – with threats of arrest for panhandling whenever they spot him. Still we are always checking the spots we know he goes…