One of my favorite books to read to my children when they were young was Miss Rumphius, by Barbara Cooney.
Miss Alice Rumphius, found the way to make the world a much more beautiful place was by planting lupine in her town. Wherever she would walk, she would scatter lupine seed on the ground. The results were amazing and are an example of what one person can do to make a change in this world. Today’s photo is of a wonderful field of flowers in Malibu. Someone certainly had a great idea like Miss Rumphius.
Yesterday, in talking to Shannon and her father, Gary, I used the analogy of the beauty of one person spreading love throughout the world. It is up to each and every one of us to make the world as beautiful as we can. We can all even spread some flower seeds throughout our towns for all to enjoy.
My ride took me to Malibu today and its rolling hills. I stopped at a few schools that were out on break, but left material for future visits. At the Webster YMCA Club House Sharon, a very supportive mom was happy to see The Kindness Bicycle. she and her child saw a piece about the Ring Our Country with Kindness ride on TV. Word is certainly spreading.
Please help us spread our message of a Goal of Kindness to schoolchildren across the country. Your donations are crucial to making this a reality.
Mail donations to:
One Million Acts Of Kindness
PO Box 770054
Lakewood, OH 44107
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Bogart is my travel companion on The Kindness Bus Tour for the next ten years. We will be on the road traveling to campuses across the country. Bogart is a eight year old Boston Terrier. He is a great people dog... he loves meeting new people. I am Bogart's fourth owner in his short 8 years of life... Not because of him but because his three previous owner's lifestyles changed after they took him in... Lucky for me!! Bogart is the luckiest, most spoiled dog on the face of the earth. He loves the bus and he loves to travel. Please come and visit him when we are on your campus.
The Blue Bird Corporation donated this amazing bus to One Million Acts of Kindness, allowing us the continue this initiative. It has been painted to closely resemble the original Kindness Bus. It will last well beyond the ten years of this mission. A very big thank you to Blue Bird from Bob Votruba and Bogart too!!
The original Kindness bus has been donated to a professor at Virginia Tech who will use it on campus and at schools in the Blacksburg area. The Kindness Bus will continue to inspire and comfort residents, students and visitors in that area for years to come.
One Million Acts Of Kindness is a goal. A goal for each person to individually perform One Million Acts Of Kindness in their life. Can you imagine a greater goal for one's life? It is a constant mind-set of kindness every day of your life for the next fifty-five years. Doing for others and kindness in your heart for everyone. It is my wish that you will dedicate your life to a charity... finding the passion in your heart for something or someone in need.
As a father of three college age kids I am concerned for the world in which all kids will live. A great way to create a safer, more caring world is for everyone to start their lifetime goal of One Million Acts Of Kindness. So I bought a bus, had about sixty family members, friends and neighbors help paint it and began a ten year journey with my Boston Terrier, Bogart, to college campuses across the country hoping to convince as many of you as possible about this much needed movement for this world. I love you guys too much to sit back and not do anything about this. Let's start a kindness movement in this country today to change the direction this world is headed!! You are the change that this world needs.