Happy World Kindness Day!
On November 13 as part of World Kindness Day, we are encouraged to spread kindness like an infectious cold. We want to share it more than usual because studies show when others observe kindness in action they are more likely to carry out an act of kindness, too.To celebrate, there has been a World Wide Dance for Kindness since 2012. KTVU documented the preparation for this year's event in Bay Area dancer choreographs flash mob for World Kindness Day.
So, imagine if you head out for the day and your neighbor’s garbage can has tipped over. Instead of ignoring it and letting the wind make a mess, you pick it up and return it to the corner. Three other neighbors notice and give you a smile and a nod on their way to work.
One of those neighbors notices a stranded driver on the side of the road on his commute to work. He remembers your thoughtfulness and offers assistance to the stranded driver. Several passersby take notice.
At a business office, a woman struggles with a paper jam. She’s had a horrible day. The customer has been waiting, but she remembers the stranded driver she passed earlier in the day. The customer lets the office worker know to take her time. Everyone has a bad day.
We each have the potential to improve each others lives through understanding and kindness. Whether it’s a friend, family member, coworker or stranger, our ability to show our humanity should have no limit.
HOW TO OBSERVE
On World Kindness Day, let your compassion shine brightly. Get caught showing as much kindness as possible.
People in over 50 countries will perform the routine. KTVU's Claudine Wong reports.For all of last year's finished product, portions of which were included above, watch the official Dance for Kindness 2016 Worldwide Montage from Life Vest Inside.
Every year Life Vest Inside organizes Dance for Kindness (DFK), a worldwide event, in honor of World Kindness Day - showing that regardless of the differences in race, religion, ethnicity, culture and background - the common thread that unites us all is kindness.It turns out that yesterday was Dance for Kindness 2017 and videos are already being posted, such as this one from Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
In 2016, DFK took place in over 120 cities, 50 countries with over 15,000 participants.
CMHA and Spotlight Dance Company hit the downtown for a flashmob for World Kindness Day.Cute.
As for the message, I think kindness won't be sufficient to solve our problems, but I think it will be necessary. Be kind today.
Can we also have World Meanness Day for the right-wingers? Equal time and all that.
ReplyDeleteThere is a Sourest Day.
DeleteSourest Day is observed annually on October 25. Following on the heels of Sweetest Day, this is the Sourest Day of the Year.
If life is giving you lemons or you feel like a grumpy guss, Sourest Day is for you. Take your glass-half-full attitude and spread the joy -er- gloom. Smiles be banished! Replace them all with pouts and terrible frowns.
I don't know if that's mean enough, though.