George who is a third generation metal fabrication shop owner in Scottsdale, shared his daughters heroin addiction stories with me. Years of helping to do anything he could to help put an end to it. He said “whatever you can do to stop people from using, do!” He loved the Kindness Bicycle’s directness.
Riding through the Gaslamp Quarter of San Diego this morning afforded me the time to talk with several homeless people and people who volunteer to help feed the local community. Marguerite works for an organization that lends a hand to a “smattering of groups” throughout the downtown area of San Diego.
Superior Court judge and dear friend John Kralik invited me to his courtroom today in Los Angeles. Several years ago John wrote a book called “A Simple Act of Gratitude” He wrote 365 thank you notes in a years time and it turned his entire life around. Has written 1,200 notes in total since he decided to start thanking people for their kind actions toward him. John is one of my favorite people.
I have always loved the Saint Monica statue in Santa Monica, California. She is patron saint of the abused (verbal) and many other needs.
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Powerful conversations this morning as I rode around the gorgeous shoreline of Alameda, California. #Alameda #AlamedaSun #DownSyndrome #Autism #ADNPKids #Bipolar #Aspergers #Cerebralpalsy #Addictions #Depression #Bullying #ADHD #Kindness #BostonTerrier #KindnessBus #KindnessBicycle #RingOurCountryWithKindness #OneMillionActsOfKindness
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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.