{"id":1070,"date":"2014-05-21T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=1070"},"modified":"2026-01-15T17:02:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:02:54","slug":"raok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=1070","title":{"rendered":"Raok…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Raok stands for Random Acts of Kindness. I got a post to my FB wall from someone new last night. I’m never really sure these days how I get the feeds I do, but I think this one came about because I am a member of a blogging group, to which I post occasionally.<\/p>\n

Anyway I was humbled!! Here is the link to a blog by Jenny Cole<\/a>, who is a very organized Raoker. That is, she sets about everyday to add a little kindness to someone’s life and to hopefully make the world a better place. Someone sent Jenny a book which has 365 random acts of kindness in it – as if she needed it. Now I could use this book, partly because I don’t wake up every morning deciding how I am going to make someone else’s day better. I wake up just hoping that I can make it through my day!!<\/p>\n

Here are a few of the suggestions from the book –
\n1. Text someone goodnight.
\n2. Pay for someone’s meal.
\n3. Record someone’s favourite program.
\n4. Plant a flower in someone else’s garden.
\n5. Stand outside of a weight watcher’s meeting and tell everyone how slim they look.<\/p>\n

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The last one is a bit extreme, but I do tell people often how great they look!! In fact I even took out the garbage this morning, because my husband had forgotten to last night. This wasn’t really a random act, this was a necessity.<\/p>\n

Now, I do remember stories of wives and mothers who put little love notes in the lunches they prepared. This always made me feel very inadequate. Maybe I could just leave a nice note on a windshield, when someone has parked responsibly. This would be nicer than reaming someone out for parking in my parking spot at work. I do have difficulty seeing the other side of things. I guess he did have to take up two parking spots – mine and the one beside – to run down and buy a coffee. If he had parked on the street, he would have had to pay and extra .25 cents (parking) for the coffee.<\/p>\n

Oops, there I go again – not so random acts of hostility, rather than very random acts of kindness. I’ll let you know how the day goes!!<\/p>\n

The picture? I always give away seeds from my wild tulips to anyone who asks.<\/p>\n

Have an awesome day!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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