When I go to my son’s school, I take at least 15-20 chocolates with me because his friends aged about 6-7 years wait for their Choco Uncle to give them the chocolates. I love to see their faces when they munch on it and it gives me great satisfaction and warmth. I love to do this…
I have great memories of a practice development workshop I attended a number of years ago that Dr John Hinwood was conducting. We were looking at how our attitudes to money could either hold us back or move us forward in life. It was a pretty intense session, with loads of energy in the room…
My son, who tends to be the stinker of all my kids, was in a game shop when a lady came in with her son. She wanted information on some tournaments and games, and thought my son was an employee. She was worried about letting her son play because he suffers from some mental/social issues. My…
I was given a nice pay it forward today. I was getting my hair cut and my stylist and I were talking about food and I said how I would love to go for sushi. She said well, why don’t you go? I told her about the unexpected medical bills I had this week when…
I have always believed in the joy of giving and that simple acts of compassion are the core of our humanity. I like the idea of spreading love and hope through random acts of kindness, it fills my heart with joy to be able to serve others and share small gifts with loved ones. Sometimes small…
In 2007, life was unbelievably happy for me. I was doing a lot of things many people thought I would never do, myself included. In March, I married a man I was deeply in love with and considered my best friend and was pregnant with his child. My mom was on cloud nine because we had…
The most memorable act of kindness I have been involved in as a giver was around 3 years ago when I gave one of my adult students a red scarf that my mum had knitted. I was teaching a TAFE class during winter and every Tuesday I would arrive wearing a different coloured knitted scarf….
Last year I experienced the worst year of my life, and as always, it came out of nowhere. I was living with my partner over in Wales, on the other side of the world from my family, working and looking forward to a European summer. In about March, I had noticed I was bruising exceptionally…
AÂ few years ago, my hubby had open heart surgery. When he got out of the hospital, our neighbor was IN the hospital. We went to see him and when we left we realized we had a flat tire. We got out to look at it and before we knew it a man stopped to help….
I was hanging out in a local shop today that sells snack foods and fresh veggies etc. It is next door to an after-school kids program that continues through the summer. A young girl around 9 or 10 came over to get a frozen fruit popsicle. She did not have enough money to get one…
I was taking my grandfather in for a procedure at his doctor’s office. When we arrived, there was an older lady in a wheelchair who had obviously had a fall and a younger man standing close by, watching over her.Â
My husband and I took a giant leap of faith January 2014 and moved ourselves and our two boys from our hometown and everyone we knew (in Georgia) clear across the country to Utah. Within our year stay, (we recently returned home) we developed amazing friendships. Around Christmas time, we were struck with several unexpected…