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On this episode, we talk about 20 Random Acts of Kindness. We encourage you to share what you do every day to spread kindness. Leave them in the comments or tell us on Instagram!
- Talk to the elderly
- Compliment a parent
- Buy coffee for the person behind you in line
- Put coins in someones meter
- Shovel the snow in someone else's driveway
- Write a positive Yelp review
- Donate blankets and towels to an animal shelter
- Hold the door open for someone
- Thank a veteran, policeman and firefighter
- Tell barista or your server they did a great job
- Put away your grocery cart
- Bake muffins/treats with your kid for their class
- Have your daughter invite a new girl(s) to the movies
- Leave a nice note in your library book when you return it
- Give water to your mailman/UPS/FedEx
- Engage with a homeless person
- The next time you hear gossip, change the conversation about that person to something positive
- Leave notes for your loved ones
- Let someone cut you in traffic
- Acknowledge other people, look them in the eye, wave, nod, smile at them.
When I was in college, two girls I went to Pepperdine with started the Kind Campaign, a campaign dedicated to ending girl-on-girl bullying. Today, they have turned Kind Campaign into a world-wide campaign that spreads kindness, love and awareness. Side-note - go check them out, join the movement and start spreading kindness.
I have to be honest, while I've been bullied, I've also bullied. It's something I'm not proud of, but the reality of it is that most girls in their life have been the cause and the victim. But the best part, we can change it. We have the power to change it and change the lives of young girls and boys everywhere.
Did you know:
- One out of every four students (22%) report being bullied during the school year.
- 19.6% of high school students in the US report being bullied at school in the past year.
- 14.8% reported being bullied online
- 64 percent of children who were bullied did not report it; only 36 percent reported the bullying
- More than half of bullying situations (57 percent) stop when a peer intervenes on behalf of the student being bullied.
- School-based bullying prevention programs decrease bullying by up to 25%.
- The reasons for being bullied reported most often by students were looks (55%), body shape (37%), and race (16%)
- Students who experience bullying are at increased risk for depression, anxiety, sleep difficulties, and poor school adjustment
- Students who bully others are at increased risk for substance use, academic problems, and violence later in adolescence and adulthood.
- Students who experience bullying are twice as likely as non-bullied peers to experience negative health effects such as headaches and stomachaches.
"You must be the change you want to see in the world."Text 101818 to 73774 or go to Pepsi Refresh to vote. The contest only goes until August 31st - so vote everyday! Be kind.
“What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do."
Lauren Parsekian
As the time narrows down, I’ve been throwing around the idea that time changes everything and a yes or no has a much bigger effect on our live then we give it credit for. What if a year ago I said yes to something? What if I said no to something in hopes of something better and ‘better’ never came.
“The magic moment is that in which a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ may change the whole of our existence”
Then I think to myself, what good is going to come out of sitting and wondering? This is here, this is now and I have to deal with the fact that I didn’t say yes or I didn’t say no to that something. So many times I find myself dwelling on the past, the what-if’s, the maybes that I can’t seem to focus on the here and now. The grass isn’t always greener on the other side, and I think it’s so important to find the joy in our own contentment. It’s so important that we find that little bit of happiness in our own self.
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Ever thought about how people obsess over titles? Like he’s the CEO of Wells Fargo, I’m dating the captain of the water polo team, she’s the president of the sorority. We obsess over them. It’s like we need that title in order to define who we are or how we are supposed to act. What if all titles were stripped away and all we had were ourselves to define who we were? Would that change the way we view everyone? Would that be our answer to this extreme self confidence (or lack of it) issue? A friend and sorority sister of mine just started this amazing non-profit organization called The Kind Campaign and as stated in their mission statement it is…
“A movement, based upon the powerful belief in Kindness, that seeks to bring awareness and healing to the negative and lasting affects of abuse within the “Girl World.”
It’s an idea that isn’t really talked about because so many people just push girl meanness to the side and go on with life, without really realizing the powerful (negative) effects it causes. Because of these titles we place on people; popular girls, sorority girls, blonds, brunettes, skinny & tall - we are giving girls room to treat each other with little to no respect. It’s scary because it’s an issue that affects girls every day. Ask any girl why she got dressed up to go to a club, was it because she wanted to impress a boy or a girl, and 9 times out of 10 its because she wants girls to think she’s pretty. It’s scary how detrimental one word can be to someone, how it can change their entire mood, how it can change their entire life. So the next time you think that having this certain title will make your life better, maybe think about a world with no titles - where everyone is who they are regardless of their status. Maybe then this world could start being a little bit kinder.
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