“How am I going to ever do One Million Acts Of Kindness in my lifetime,?” he said. “There is no way!”
This is a question and a statement that I hear every so often on The Kindness Bus Tour. The sheer numbers of an individual performing One Million Acts Of Kindness are staggering. Fifty acts of kindness every day for nearly fifty-five years. The beauty of the numbers is that a constant mindset of kindness occurs in the individual while working to achieve the lifetime goal.
Performing one million physical acts of kindness in one’s life is probably an impossible feat. However, what I like to say to everyone is that partnering the physical acts of kindness with the “kind acts from the heart,” an individual is certainly able to perform One Million Acts Of Kindness in one’s life.
“Kind acts from the heart” are what we seemed to have gotten away from in this country…in this world. “Kind acts from the heart” are wishing and wanting goodness and wishing no harm for everyone you come in contact with and think about, during the course of the day. It will take a lifetime however, that is the beauty of the goal. It will also create the kindest, most caring and loving individual you ever imagined you could be.
After explaining this to the man, he said, “Oh, it’s being your best, all day, every day.” To which I replied, “It doesn’t get any easier than that.”

Prior to my leaving on The Kindness Bus Tour, thoughts of the positive impact that this mission might have on the lives of those I talked with, were given much consideration. Very early on, it became apparent that The Kindness Bus would take on a life of its own. The messages are powerful to say the least. When people are invited to write, I ask them to think of a thought that they would wish the entire world would love to read. Over 400 people have written beautiful, caring prose.
In nearly three years, The Kindness Bus has been viewed by millions of people. People write me very moving emails regarding the powerful impact a message written on its body may have had on them, or the impact The Kindness Bus had in its entirety.
People from months and even years ago can remember exactly what part of the country they saw it.
Yesterday I met Kelli, Jo and Dillon in New York. Kelli told me she had seen the bus last year. I assumed that she had seen it in New York last spring. As it turns out, she told me she had seen it in San Francisco over a month ago. This reaction is fast becoming more commonplace.
Kind acts that are witnessed can be very moving for the viewer. Lessons learned can be remembered for a lifetime to come. The Kindness Bus is having that same impact.

“All of the goodness you desire for yourself, desire all of that same goodness for everyone else.”  -Bob Votruba