Everyday Kindness

We end the month of January with twenty-five bloggers doing small acts of kindness every day.

Twenty-five!

Every week, our worldwide neighborhood does more than 175 acts of kindness.

We have two bloggers in the UK - one in Scotland and the other in Cheshire (which borders the Irish Sea and Wales - I looked it up!). We have a couple bloggers Canadian Bloggers. And our bloggers in the United States stretch from the East Coast to the West with bright spots along the south and of course, I’m in the center of the country in Denver. We are also joined by a friend in Malaysia and another in Indonesia.
We’re growing, slowly, but at a definitely clip. I continue to be awe struck by the power of one act of kindness every day.

Here’s some highlights from around our neighborhood:

• Jill at Another Day in the Same Life shares her challenges with being kind to her difficult boss.
• Believer in Balance is learning ways of being kind to herself through enjoying her life more.
• Harlekwin at Bohemian Rhapsody found the kindness in her heart to go on a journey with someone who hurt her. It reminds me of Christina Aguilara’s “I hurt myself by hating you.” Kindness is a pretty amazing thing.
• Coco returns to blogging after transforming her life by quitting her job, getting a new circle of friends
• Conspiracy of Blessings is working with her own style of doing burst of kind activity with periods of rest. She found a couple interesting sites for us to connect to: Acts of Kindness and Jen Lemen’s Love Notes to a City.
• Jeni at Down River Drivel continues to remind us of our communities and our hearts with her lovely essays about her life and the world around her.
• Even sick with the crud for two and a half weeks, Janet at Fond of Snape continues to care for her elderly father, her two dogs, and maintain a smile at her Clark Kent Job.
• Dianne at Forks off the Moment reminds us: “any small thing you do for one another is important. Every connection you make is critical. Every thread you strengthen keeps the tapestry intact.” I couldn’t have said it better myself.
• Furious Ball continues his kind endeavors in supporting his small children through the transition of his divorce.
• Heart in San Francisco continues to support her friends by using her talents to support their job endeavors. She also slogged out in the rain for Girl Scout cookies.  Self kindness?  Girl Scout kindness?  Probably both.
• Amy at Lives Less Ordinary continues her journey through days of rain and the Natural History Museum.
• Squirrelly at Lone Grey Squirrel celebrates his success in helping create a state park to protect tigers, rhinocerous and elephants.  He continues his work on an adjacent park to continue to conserve.
• Amy at Living Out Loud continues her kindness journey in silence saying that she prefers the privacy.
• Myanderings reminds us of the beauty of a simple song and poem, as well as the dangers of worms.
• Nikki at My husband calls me weird continues her journey on her Everyday Kindness page  logging her kind efforts.  You’ll be inspired.
• Odat continues to inspire us with her fabulous stories and funny jokes.
• Christie at One Step From the Edge continues her journey toward health through the kind act of caring for her eyes, her butt and stopping drinking.
• Small Town RN at A Place I call Home reminds us of the modern day saint that was Mother Theresa.
• Linda at Raven’s Road continues her commitment among her friends and family.
• Even with her life challenges, Vixen at Vixen’s Den continues to do one small act at a time.
• Waking up in Portland is turning over a new leaf with the father of her children - thanking, rather than blaming.

We have a few new additions.

• Rhonda at Foster Me Up! joined us a couple weeks ago.  She has already encouraged massive Techorati score expansion among her friends.
• Julie Mann joins us with her three projects: The Compulsive Worrier, Julie Mann Photography and the Photographer’s Corner.

Keep up the awesome work.  One kind act at a time, we are making the world a kinder place.