Kindness:  NICE & SIMPLE...everyday in little ways.

here are some ideas to creatively integrate kindness in your daily activities...

love to COOK? 

• make a meal for someone in need (new baby, illness or death, spouse traveling/deployed...)
• bring a sweet treat to work "just because"
• bring food to the police or fire station as a thank you
• share a recipe with a friend (this is a very simple, thoughtful gesture)
• take a treat to the staff at the local animal shelter (or bake pet-treats for the animals)
• bring something yummy to your next board meeting, block meeting, or book club (sharing food aids sharing ideas!)
• love cookie-swap parties? make up a plate (or two) of cookies for a nursing home or community shelter

cook with kids (your kids, the neighbor's kids, your grandkids...)

• share part of the resulting pizza, casserole, pie (whatever!) with someone who could really use it
• cook up the teachers, administrators, or secretaries at the school a "thank you" something (cookies, cupcakes, biscuits...)
• involve your kids in preparing dinner (that's an act of patience :)

is READING your gig?

• volunteer to lead story-time at the library
• help tutor reading at a local grade school
• donate your been-there-read-that books to a nursing home or community senior center
• donate your kids' been-there-can-read-that-in-my-sleep books to a child welfare/care center

SPORTS!  SPORTS!  SPORTS!

• are you a golfer?  teach a child the joy of the game.
• if you're on the sidelines at a venue where people are competing, cheer on those people you don't know, too.  everyone likes to be cheered for!
• if you've comtemplated joining Team n' Training or Avon's Walk for Breast Cancer  or some event that donates to a great cause (check out active.com for a directory):  Just do it!  it is a powerful, meaningful experience through which you use your healthy hobby to help others.

This list is JUST THE BEGINNING---what are you ideas?   how is kindness a part of your everyday-routines?