In the novel Stepping Into Sunlight, the character Penny Sullivan creates a plan in a little yellow notebook. She calls it "Penny's Project" and uses it to brainstorm ideas and also record small successes along the way.
As she struggles to heal from post-traumatic stress, she turns her gaze outward as much as she is able - and sets out to do a small act of kindness for a different person each day.
Some of her steps of kindness are spontaneous. When she's in a pet store and the clerk reaches out to her son, she makes a point to tell the manager how terrific the clerk was.
Others good deeds take planning - like collecting a small item for a member of her victim support group.
Some are common and familiar acts. She sends a card and note to a friend, or phones a family member to connect with them.
Others are new ventures - helping a neighbor put up a wallpaper border, or handing a Farecard to a stranger at a bus stop.
Let's begin sharing! Post kind acts you've offered, or ideas you plan to try HERE!
I'll compile comments from time to time and create a post of ideas on various themes.
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