Author: Inspire Kindness Team
What is World Kindness Day?
World Kindness Day is a holiday that promotes the importance of being kind to each other, to yourself, and to the world. The purpose of this day is to help everyone understand that kindness is what binds us all together. This understanding has the power to bridge the gap between nations. With kindness, we can overcome the divides of politics, race, religion, gender, and so much more. What began as an effort from the World Kindness Movement at a Tokyo conference 21 years ago is now a global movement reminding everyone of the power of kindness.
What is the Purpose of World Kindness Day?
The purpose of World Kindness Day is to highlight and encourage good deeds in your community. It also serves as a reminder to all that simple acts of kindness have power and that together, we can all work to create a kinder world. You may wonder how compassion from one person can make a difference. It isn’t easy to comprehend, but every kind act, even the smallest one, creates a ripple effect you can’t begin to imagine. The World Kindness Movement and World Kindness Day are meant to inspire you to believe that we can make a global difference one act at a time.
Ideas and Simple Ways to be Kind
Being kind doesn’t need to look or be extravagant. Sometimes the simplest things make the most significant difference! Here are a few simple ideas and ways to be helpful on World Kindness Day in the workplace, at school, with your loved ones, or even while out running errands. Look for opportunities while you go through your day to infuse kindness into someone’s day. It’ll change their day and yours for the better!
- Smile when you walk by others
- Write positive messages on post-it notes and leave them for people to find
- Call a relative you haven’t spoken to in a while
- Tidy up around your house
- Pick up trash you see on the ground outside and throw it in a garbage can
- Hold the door open for someone
- Chat with a stranger and ask them about their day
- Pay for a stranger’s coffee or meal
- Compliment someone
- Send a positive or encouraging text to five people in your contacts
- Surprise someone with flowers
- Tell a family member or friend you love them
- Write a note on the receipt at a restaurant for your server
- Offer to help with someone’s errands
- Give a surprise gift to someone you care about
- Send a kind card or note to a friend
- Surprise co-workers with home-baked cookies or treats
- Plant a tree
- Spend less time on your phone and more time with people you care about
- Organize a workplace giving campaign
- Offer a classmate help with homework
- Talk to someone new
- Practice gratitude
- Volunteer
- Give someone a hug
Get creative and make your list of kind acts for World Kindness Day!
World Kindness Day Quotes
“The world is full of kind people. If you can’t find one, be one.” – Unknown
“Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change.” — Bob Kerrey
“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.” — Lao Tzu
“A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.” — Amelia Earhart
“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind, and the third is to be kind.” — Henry James
“NO ACT OF KINDNESS, NO MATTER HOW SMALL, IS EVER WASTED.” — AESOP
“We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.” — Ronald Reagan
“Kindness is a passport that opens doors and fashions friends. It softens hearts and molds relationships that can last lifetimes.” — Joseph B. Wirthlin
“A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.” —William Arthur Ward
“Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.” — Scott Adams
“A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.” — Willian John Bennett
“Kindness has a beautiful way of reaching down into a weary heart and making it shine like the rising sun.” — Unknown
“IN A WORLD WHERE YOU CAN BE ANYTHING, BE KIND.” — UNKNOWN
“A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.” — John Ruskin
“Kindness is like snow- It beautifies everything it covers.” — Kahlil Gibran
“Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person’s life.” — Jackie Chan
“KIND WORDS DO NOT COST MUCH. YET THEY ACCOMPLISH MUCH.” — BLAISE PASCAL
“Always have a willing hand to help someone; you might be the only one that does.” ― Roy T. Bennett
“When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.” — Jack Kornfield