Yesterdays events in Newtown, Connecticut shook me to my core. Suddenly what was going on in my…well I can’t even remember what was going on in my life yesterday. There was no way what I was going through was in any way comparable to what the people and children of Sandy Hook were going through.
I cried, I prayed, I mourned…it was an incredibly emotionally draining day for me.
As when anything happens in my life, I always drop to my knees and ask for God to tell me what I am supposed to get out of what has happened.
I patiently waited for him to speak to me…and he finally did!
One of my dear friends, Rebecca Pfeiffer posted this beautiful message on her Facebook page and it was exactly what I needed to hear:
“If there’s any way we can uphold the lives and memories of these precious angels, l want to find it. I want to start a movement. If you’re having trouble thinking of something you can do to make someone’s life a little brighter, simply google “random acts of kindness” and find the first thing that inspires you… large or small! I just saw someone bought lottery tickets and then placed them on random cars. Whatever it is, pick something! Share this status and then pay it forward. Feel free to leave comments with ideas for others. Ready, GO…”
Ready, GO… and there it was. God wanted me to go out and start random acts of kindness. He spoke to me and said “Akemi, what if random acts of kindness outnumbered random acts of violence?” What if the good really did outweigh the bad? I thought to myself…I could definitely make this happen.
I sat Kira, my 3 and a half year old daughter down and explained to her what we were going to do.
“Every day for the next 16 days until the New Year, we are going to find one person and do something nice for them. Something unexpected out of the kindness of our hearts and make their day!!”
“YAY!” she screamed. “Can we dress up like princesses to do it?!”
Of course!
So off we went about our day to do some Christmas shopping. I was not sure what random act we would do, but I knew God would point us in the right direction. As we walked by the Starbucks in the mall, Kira pointed to this lovely young girl and said “Mommy, how about her?”
Kira and I paid for her Starbucks coffee and her naked drink. She cried!
Day 1: Random Acts of Kindness Complete
WILL YOU JOIN US?! TOGETHER, WE CAN CREATE MORE RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS THAN RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE!
I’m Akemi Sue! Founder of TeetheMe.com and mom to a three-year-old little girl, Kira Marie. I’ve been blessed to quickly become one of the most trusted and sought after mommy experts in the world today. My goal is to help you unleash your inner guru!
I have some friends that have been struggling Finacially. I am always there to help with what ever they need. Things are even harder for them since they are expecting their 2nd child (a girl) any day now. It would be nice to get some donations and $$ for food to help out. My friends are always helping others and dedicate ther lives to The Lord and others who are in need. It would be nice to give them a break this year.,
By the way today I did a random act of kindness and gave a really sweet guy who works really hard at our appartment complex everyday . I gave him a gift and a $25 visa gift card and some homemade cookies. We see him all the time and he works really hard. I felt I wanted to do something to brighten his day just a little more.
That is wonderful Kathryn! Thanks so much for sharing!
This is wonderful and I hope you and many people continue to do this beyond just this year…we should all practice kindness (not just random) in our lives…thanks for doing this!