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The Truth About Random Acts of Kindness & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #80
I found this definition of random acts of kindness on Wikipedia, “A random act of kindness is a nonpremeditated, inconsistent action designed to offer kindness towards the outside world.” According to an analysis of this phrase and its origins, the original construction of random acts of kindness implied a level of anonymity which seems to have been lost in the current generation. A generation which has formed various groups throughout the world dedicated to sharing acts of random kindness. But anonymous or not, the world can use such acts of kindness even if they stray from the original concept of nonpremeditated and inconsistent. Premeditating and planning acts of kindness even…
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Find It In You To #SpreadTheKindness/Link Up #3
*After finding myself completely overwhelmed this past week trying to catch up with blogging things and then being slammed by illness, my dear friend Amy offered to write a post for me to help out. Thanks so much, Amy, for always being so supportive and willing to help out! Find It In You To #SpreadTheKindness Guest post by Amy Langa of 5 Memory Lane End the rage. End the holiday madness. Stop the angst. Slow down. It’s all about perspective and expectation management. I decided to make a list of reminders of how to be thankful or kind, even when life seems like it is coming at you all at…
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Little Bits of Inspiration #2
It’s time for the second installation of my Little Bits of Inspiration. People, things, articles on the internet that have inspired me this week: 1. This! This Huffington Post article: 25 Women Bare Their Gloriously Unretouched Thighs…And Describe Them in One Word! Wow! This is one of the most liberating pieces I have read in a while. For a woman who has struggled with body image issues and particularly my thighs, this article definitely resonates with me in a very positive way! 2. Sylvia of 40+ Style is a fashion blogger I have been following for a while now. She, like many other bloggers in my favorites tab, celebrates expressing…