My husband had been working out of the country for 3 months and we had our first anniversary apart. I woke that morning to the kids “happy anniversary” with a card that had $50 in it. The messages were beautiful “sorry dad can’t be here but we will take you out for tea to celebrate”….
One morning I paid for a man’s milk and bread. He stopped looked around like he was on candid camera with a big ol’ smile saying “Thank you ma’am”! :). He asked “are you for real?” I said yes sir, have a blessed day.
I had a neighbor who I have only met once before pop over and ask for money so she could feed her kids dinner. I didn’t give her money, but asked her to come in and I feed them all dinner. The kids and mum left full of food and I was full of pride.
I know a young couple who got married in Vanuatu. I’ve always known them to be kind and generous and was excited to hear their lovely news. They contacted me one day to ask if I could help them collect stationery and sporting good as they wanted to take it with them to help the…
I was stuck in an airport in Zimbabwe after visiting my family with my 2 kids aged 3 & 18 months. They said I needed to pay airport tax, which I didn’t because it was included in my ticket. This made me miss my flight back to the UK. I didn’t have a penny, either to phone…
I once experienced unconditional kindness from a car detailer when my brand new Celica was intentionally ‘keyed’ all over the bonnet. I was very upset and he gave me a cup of tea, sat me down and worked on my car for hours to repair the paint work. When I went to pay him, he…
After reading the book “How full is your bucket”, my youngest was 7 at the time and he showed how well he understood the process one night when we were out for dinner and he smoothly and gorgeously told our waitress how pretty she looked. Her face lit up like a Christmas tree and I am sure…
I thought of all of my friends at Ripple Kindness today. I was at the cemetery decorating the graves of my loved ones. We had so many extra flowers so I decided with the help of my daughter to decorate some of the other graves that had no flowers. We tidied up the headstones, pulled…
I spread positivity where ever I go. I was speaking to one patient last week at a cancer fundraiser in the chemo ward and he asked if I worked at the hospital. I told him I am also having treatment… he said “you look so well and you are so happy”! After talking for a…
My 3 year old son and I made a vase and filled it with flowers from our yard. We left it on our elderly neighbors doorstep to surprise her.- Bryony
I’m so excited Lisa! I popped 11 Christmas Cards with Ripple Kindness Cards into letterboxes in my street. I came home today to find 4 Christmas cards from people I have been living near for over 12 months and never spoken to. I have started the chain. Even have been waved at!!! Powerful stuff… 🙂…
Just finished mowing my neighbours acres. Why? Because I felt generous and it felt good to do something unexpected. They will come home from their Christmas holidays to a mowed lawn. Now crossing my fingers the weather doesn’t heat up too much so it becomes a mission to do mine. I left them a Ripple…