I went to an appointment today only to see an elderly lady that I soon recognised as a long time family friend. Later she told me I had made her day just by stopping to assist her and making time to chat with her. – Elizabeth
Recently I was driving north on Highway 101 on our coast… a stretch infamous for narrow bike lanes.
I was feeling a bit sad whilst I was out shopping, but when I heard a little boy behind me say to his mom that he wanted to go to the toy aisle, I thought this was a chance to cheer myself up. So I got there ahead of them and left 50 cents (all…
At Christmas time my 4 little ones and I would go to the toy store and buy whatever my kids thought were cool toys then we would drive around and look for people that had little kids. We would randomly stop at bus stops where we would typically see mothers waiting with their children for…
There are going to be times your gift of giving is not well received. In some cases I have been asked by the recipient to please give them more, and early on iI did because I felt I had so much. One holiday season I contacted a women’s shelter to adopt a single mom with…
This short video is quiet, profound, powerful, simple — and so supremely human, showing the inner lives of people around us as they go about their daily tasks. Most of it is set in a hospital, where there is so much worry, sadness, some joy, bad news, good news, no news, anxiety, fear – as…
Recently someone recommended I like Ripple’s page and I soon found I was hooked! Feeling inspired, I took it upon myself to really think about what I could do for a complete stranger! I remembered a lady I met a month ago told me she was raising three autistic boys whom she has been fostering…
It’s purple bra day! There has been roadworks going on for months now on my way to work but this morning the workers were doing something different. They were all wearing purple bras, the lollipop signs all say Purple Bra day instead of stop, and they were collecting when the traffic stops. Awesome work guys!…
While shopping the other day, a lady looked a bit stressed. I could smell her perfume and simply said “excuse me, you smell really nice” and gave her a smile. She was dumbfounded and spluttered the name of the perfume and thanked me. I could actually see her pull her shoulders back and stand a…
So yesterday I was visiting my mother in law at the oncology level of the hospital. I actually remembered to take the chocolate bars with Ripple Kindness cards stuck to them with me. The first went to the lovely volunteer lady who sits at a little desk near the lifts to give people directions to…
My beautiful daughter’s birthday was approaching and I was strapped for cash that week. Worrying that I wouldn’t get paid enough to pick up the layby I had her gifts in, I was scribbling out sums to see if I could get her layby and everything else needed one evening. The next morning, I found…
We were having dinner at Maccas tonight and while I was ordering my coffee, Matt (4) turned to me and said “can I give the policemen a kindness hamper?” I noticed that there was 4 police officers at the table having dinner, so we went out to the car and got 4 kindness hampers. I…