Inspired by the FLYlady.net website, I would like to bring up this joyful topic of RAK's.
Have you ever received a random act of kindness? What happened?
What RAK's are you/have you been inspired to do?
What do you think would happen if you/I/we committed to giving one RAK per week?
Should RAK's always be anonymous if possible? How does pride figure in?
Here are some stories posted at the FLYlady website from members:
Buying Small toy for a baby
Last week I was at Wal-Mart with my mom and my 2 babies. A kind woman bought a singing/dancing turtle and gave it to my 2yo ds who absolutley loves it. I don't know the woman, and I don't know why she chose to give the toy to my babies, but it was definitely an act of kindness.
Leaving Change for the gleaners
I've stopped picking up coins I find in the street, or even ones I drop. I leave it for the "gleaners," as it says in the bible. I figure that I can do without it and so I leave it for someone who might really need the change, like a homeless person.
Food, Fuel, and Fun Care Package
"I had a neighbour break down and share a horrific story of financial distress. It's amazing how you can look at someone on the outside and everything appears wonderful.. This is a family of four barely getting by. My husband and I put together a small package for them. We mailed it to them with no return address. (Hopefully they won't figure out that it came from us). We put in a grocery gift card, a Canadian tire gift card for gas and four movie tickets with a certificate for treats at the theatre. We also put in some bag tags (we have to pay to throw our garbage here). We have named this our food, fuel, and fun package. We hope to get our friends and church family involved in this so that maybe an anonymous package can appear every so often throughout the year. (Keeping the family name in need from everyone willing to help, so that they will not feel that everyone knows their business. They are very prideful people.)"
Food Drive Cart Full
"The Boy Scouts are having a big food drive for the food bank in our area this week. Instead of giving them a few old cans out of the pantry, I decided to make a special trip to the grocery store. I loaded up a whole cart! I truly feel that it is more blessed to give than to receive, and performing that act of kindness really brightened my day. "
Bread Pass
"The grocery store had bread on sale, buy one loaf get one free. I bought the 2 and passed one on to a friend."
Have you ever received a random act of kindness? What happened?
What RAK's are you/have you been inspired to do?
What do you think would happen if you/I/we committed to giving one RAK per week?
Should RAK's always be anonymous if possible? How does pride figure in?
Here are some stories posted at the FLYlady website from members:
Buying Small toy for a baby
Last week I was at Wal-Mart with my mom and my 2 babies. A kind woman bought a singing/dancing turtle and gave it to my 2yo ds who absolutley loves it. I don't know the woman, and I don't know why she chose to give the toy to my babies, but it was definitely an act of kindness.
Leaving Change for the gleaners
I've stopped picking up coins I find in the street, or even ones I drop. I leave it for the "gleaners," as it says in the bible. I figure that I can do without it and so I leave it for someone who might really need the change, like a homeless person.
Food, Fuel, and Fun Care Package
"I had a neighbour break down and share a horrific story of financial distress. It's amazing how you can look at someone on the outside and everything appears wonderful.. This is a family of four barely getting by. My husband and I put together a small package for them. We mailed it to them with no return address. (Hopefully they won't figure out that it came from us). We put in a grocery gift card, a Canadian tire gift card for gas and four movie tickets with a certificate for treats at the theatre. We also put in some bag tags (we have to pay to throw our garbage here). We have named this our food, fuel, and fun package. We hope to get our friends and church family involved in this so that maybe an anonymous package can appear every so often throughout the year. (Keeping the family name in need from everyone willing to help, so that they will not feel that everyone knows their business. They are very prideful people.)"
Food Drive Cart Full
"The Boy Scouts are having a big food drive for the food bank in our area this week. Instead of giving them a few old cans out of the pantry, I decided to make a special trip to the grocery store. I loaded up a whole cart! I truly feel that it is more blessed to give than to receive, and performing that act of kindness really brightened my day. "
Bread Pass
"The grocery store had bread on sale, buy one loaf get one free. I bought the 2 and passed one on to a friend."
Amen missju, if I could I would gather all y'all up and make a big party for us right now...everyone could bring their favorite worship music....do we all know Hebrew dance? I love to dance!
