Random Acts of Kindness

In the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving the challenge on facebook was to make your status each day something you are thankful for. That was easy. The only hard part was trying to narrow it down to one a day. Now in the days and weeks leading up to Christmas, a friend of mine has challenged us to do random acts of kindness each day. His challenge was only for a week, but I can't think of a nicer way to prepare for Christmas, than to carry it on for the month. So I am trying to do a random act each day. For instance, sending a card to a neighbor who is now in the nursing home. So yesterday when I picked my daughter up at the airport, I decided to do a random act of kindness there. As I left the parking lot, the parking fee for me was $2. So I gave the attendant $10 and told him to keep the change and use it to pay the fees for anybody following me out until the $8 was used up. He looked at me like I had lost my mind. I explained that I was doing a random act of kindness to celebrate Christmas. He still looked at me like I was a mental case, but as he tucked the $10 bill into his money drawer he reluctantly said, ok, he'd see who else left the lot. Now maybe he blessed another 3 or 4 people or maybe he kept the money as a tip. I don't know and I don't really care. I felt good doing it and I hope I made someone else's day as well even if it was only the parking lot attendant's. So here is my challenge to you. Try doing random acts of kindness from now until Christmas and let me know of any fun experiences you have with it.