Emails of the same subject matter seem to find my email box quite often. The trio of such, appeared in the last couple of days. They could have all been titled, “Be Kind all the Time.” The core of the emails address the need to have kindness in your heart every waking moment. To perform a kind act once in a while convinces some that this is all which is needed to be done to be considered kind. One of the emails brought up a fact which I had heard previously, that some gang members consider themselves kind because they had performed a kind act recently.
Constant mind-set is the goal of One Million Acts Of Kindness because the goal takes a lifetime of days filled with kindness by an individual. When one’s day is filled with nothing but kind acts and thoughts, there is no room for hatred, no room for apathy and certainly no room for gang-related activity.
It’s time to turn a big corner for the good of children. If an example isn’t shown, a lesson isn’t learned. This is tantamount to the growth of goodness in children. It’s hard to be good all of the time, but it is also easy to get back on the right road when one takes the wrong turn.
I am learning of some wonderful programs along my travels which teach in the same manner as what I am trying to accomplish in my in-classroom programs to children. The teaching is that no kind act should go unnoticed. Nothing but “Positive Peer Pressure” should be shown to one another.

One Million Acts Of Kindness Week begins in 43 days. We are on track to have over two-thousand groups take part across the globe. To date, seven different countries are represented by participants. A couple of days ago, a group of 17 year olds from Haiti signed up for the week. Needless to say, I am inspired. I now have a goal of as many nations being represented as possible. Plant a seed of kindness in your country and watch what happens.
One Million Acts Of Kindness Week begins on February 14th, please tell as many people as possible. Details about the week are in the right-hand column of the homepage of this website.

May the wish of a New Year of great strides for peace and happiness in your lives.
Bob and Bogart