Kindness in Five Minutes or Less

Five ways to choose kindness in five minutes or less:

Take five minutes to write a quick note to a friend letting them know how much you appreciate their friendship.  Send is snail mail.  Your friend will receive a surprise that will keep them smiling much longer than five minutes.

Take four minutes to do a household task for a family member.  Their pleasure in finding the task completed will last much longer than four minutes.

Take three minutes to leave a post-it note for a family member somewhere in the house thanking them for something they've recently done for you.  Their gratefulness for your thanks will last much longer than three minutes.

Take two minutes to use social media to thank an author for one of their books.  You'll be encouraging them and promoting their work all at the same time.  An author's gratitude for this will last much long than two minutes.

Take one minute to thank the Wal-Mart worker who helps all the hurried and disgruntled shoppers struggling through the self-checkout lane.  That employee's appreciation for your thanks will last much longer than one minute.

So, the dividends of small acts of kindness are much greater than the time it takes us to do them.  Just think of how many more smiles, how much more gratefulness, how much more gratitude, and how much more appreciation would be all around us if we all took five minutes or less for kindness.

Happy Small Acts of Kindness,

Nancy J. Cavanaugh

www.nancyjcavanaugh.com