It wasn't the best week for smiles but I still had plenty to smile about despite our cat dying after being bitten by brown snake and having to say goodbye temporarily to her seven @ 9 day old kittens.
The Acts of Random Kindness that led us to find another lactating mother cat for them touched me beyond measure. It reaffirmed for me that people care about animals and will go the extra mile to rescue them. So many good and kind people crossed my path.
Also, that mother nature and the animal world is just as amazing. Pickles , the cat I salute you too for adopting my seven tiny kittens.
I visited my special friends, Tiff , Ivy,Noah & the big kids for a short while .That was a day full of smiles.
I smiled when my two year old son, S upon watching me syringe feeding the kittens and telling him their mummy was gone , sat on the floor stroking them so gently as they meowed ..."alwight, alwight" over and over ...oh my stars that was so sweet and heart melting when I was feeling so overwhelmed and sad.
I smiled when my other two year old son , J , wrapped his arms around my neck and said 'I Luv you'...many times this week.
I smiled the day I was sick , after they both hadn't seen me for a few hours they greeted me so excitedly and jumped into bed to cuddle up to me as if I had been gone for days. Such precious moments I wish I could capture forever.
I started to finally catch up on a few of my favourite (100 +) reads and was moved my
this guest post from Jeanette Mayhew on
JLo's blog .
In light of the acts of random kindness I received. I loved what Jeanette wrote ..
The Simplest Acts of Random Kindness (A.R.K)
Build one! :)
Smile
Laugh
Say hello
Help for no reason
Embrace with a look
Hug with your words
Listen and actually hear
Make eye contact (but do not stare)
Don't argue even when you are right
Leave encouraging, anonymous notes
Wave at a total stranger just because
Laugh for no reason at all (it's contagious)
Turn the texting off and make an actual call
Pay for the coffee for the person behind you in line
Look at yourself in the mirror and say Thank you
Buy a bag of groceries and give it to a family in need
Hold on to your opinion and encourage another person's
Let a child teach you something (even if you alreay know)
Share your umbrella... even if it means you are left in the rain.
Tell your spouse at least one thing that makes you fall in love with them all over again
Say please and thank you as you tell the Deli person what you want on your sandwich
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I also found this awesome website
The A.R.K Movement.I feel even more motivated to keep the kindness moving ... what can you do ?
November IComLeavWe begins today! -International Comment leaving week is hosted by Mel at Stirrup Queens. Read my story
HERE Advice of the Day
- Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end." ~ Scott Adams
- Make the world a better place by practicing acts of kindness - one A.R.K. at a time ...soon we will all be sailing.
- Loving will never empty your heart and giving A.R.K. will never empty your pockets.
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