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The Ripple Effect of Kindness

This article is reprinted here with permission from the author. More from Birju Pandya.
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Bradley Stoll Oct 29, 2014

You had me at Kindness, Birju :). I can see the ripples in the once still pond and they are beautiful <3

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Birju Sep 14, 2011

Really appreciate the wonderful comments here!  Thank you for walking the path of service!

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Big Island Dog Sep 12, 2011

This is amazing.  The simple concept of smile cards is awesome and I'd never heard about them, yet they have been out since 2003.  How cool.  I'm in.  My mind already started spinning about what I could do for somebody today.

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Emily Torre Sep 12, 2011

The feeling of being kind and making someone's day is priceless. I always keep in mind how I would feel or how I would want to be treated. Kindness warms hearts...and think of all the great things that can happen when a heart is warmed! Ripple Effect!

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Ana Sep 11, 2011

These days Smile cards are always in my pockets, in my bag, leaving home without them is like going out without shoes :-) and the Universe always finds the most amazing ways for me to make use of them, either with a generous tip to the waiter, or the singer on the street,  left inside a book at the library, maybe one day someone will write one of those books "1001 ideas" to use a smile card. Of course the smile card is just a good excuse to spread some kindness in the world. I have seen people's life change over night with the power of kindness, instead of concentrating in what's bothering them, they decided to look around and find out where to help, once they shift their attention to the needs of others amazing things happen. The biggest lesson I have learned in my kindness journey is that the time to be kind is NOW.

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Olowan Sep 11, 2011

I agree Tabbi, my husband has been posing this question for the past few months: How is it that we teach our children to share, to work out differences, that caring for others, being honest, and being kind are the most important qualities to aspire to.....what changes when we become adults? What happens? What in our adult culture turns? 

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Tabbi_h Sep 11, 2011

It is strange that in today's times small acts of kindness have become difficult to understand.
I'm a muslim and it is part of our religion and our  way of life, so its nothing new to me. I have grown up with acts of kindness all around, being given and being taken.
I know its a part of christianity too.  Some of the kindest people I have come across have been christians.

So...then what has happened?    The capitalist way of thinking has spread over the world. like a disease

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