Kindness Challenge
Share a Happy Thought
This week’s kindness challenge is about creating good in the world around you by sharing happy thoughts, songs, smiles, helpful hands, even stickers – whatever it takes to put people on a positive train of thought.
#ripplekindness #happythoughts #beagoodperson #gotmywings
From our Kindness Coach, Toni Blake
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Glimmer
This week, we’re focused on the powerful impact of thoughts! Remember the movie Peter Pan? His happy thought helped him fly! Yours might not let you fly, but it can surely lift spirits and change the day’s direction!
It’s incredible how thoughts can instantly spark kindness, or dump us into frustration. We can shift perspectives with what I call a Glimmer. A Glimmer is the opposite of a negative trigger. Think of it as a joyous moment that brings comfort and reduces stress. The word Abracadabra means “I create as I speak!” A few kind words are MAGIC! There is real inner strength in choosing a happy thought and sharing one!
I’ve travel with happy face stickers. They’re a priceless tool when a child is upset on a flight. I’ll pass a sheet of 12 happy face stickers to the parent. This simple act puts the child on a new train of thought and is appreciated by all. So, how do we put a “Happy Face” on an adult? Just like the magic of those stickers, when we focus on a bird’s song, the scent of a favorite candle, or a quick snuggle with our fur baby, we experience real joy.
Tips from Toni: How to Spark a Glimmer
The key is, we don’t try to solve their problems—just offer a detour to ignite joy. The Butterfly Effect is my object lesson. I share colorful butterflies to show how one slight shift in the atmosphere can change a life. My goal is to give them the happy thought I have last, by giving them wings!
- The Sensory Shift: Ground them in the present by engaging their senses.
- “Wow, the sky is so vibrant today!”
- “Ah, this cool breeze feels wonderful!”
- The Mini-Narrative Detour: Share a fun, brief story or question. Curiosity is magnetic!
- See a dog? Ask, “Do you have a furry friend? Mine goes wild for peanut butter!”
- “That bright yellow reminds me of sunny days at the beach!”
- The Gentle Inquiry: Ask a question about positive plans to lighten their mood. “What’s the first thing you’ll do when you get home?”
Remember, kindness is contagious! Let’s prove it by sharing our happy thoughts and creating moments of joy together. Please share your glimmers and inspire others online with the hashtag #1Mmoments!
Deeper Dive: Read Time Magazine’s Special Edition, “The Science of Happiness” featuring research from top US universities.
Join the 1Mmoments Facebook Group to share your moments of kindness, engage with the community, find the weekly social media graphic posts you can share.
Share Happiness
- Share a smile, you’ll be surprised at how many you get back!
- Share a song, like Pharrell’s “Happy” or the Black Eyed Peas “Be Nice”
- Share a movie, like “Peter Pan” with Robin Williams. Peter Pan couldn’t fly until he found his happy thought!
- Share the 1Mmoments Facebook group and use the hashtag #1Mmoments when posting encouraging thoughts.
- Share a sticker! Toni is famous for igniting happiness by sharing happy faces, butterflies, the new 1 in a million sticker, or face stickers from MyFaceSticker.com (save 15% with the code totallytoni)
Word Study
“Happiness”
Happiness is that feeling that comes over you when you know life is good and you can’t help but smile. … Happiness is a sense of well-being, joy, or contentment. When people are successful, or safe, or lucky, they feel happiness.
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This Week’s Kindness Links
My Goal This Week: Engage Others in the Kindness Challenge
- Download, print, and place the KindnessQR in your home / office where others will see it each day.
- Retrieve the Kindness email everyday for encouragement, laughs, music and great lessons
- Share the KindnessQR or #ripplekindness in your social accounts
- Add the KindnessQR image to your images on your phone, to share with others.
Dig Deeper
- Taking in the Good is an excellent article about overcoming what scientists believe is our built in “negativity bias” and provides three simple steps to weave positive experiences into the fabric of your brain and self.
- Purchase (Kindle Version available) From TIME, The Science of Happiness: New Discoveries for a More Joyful Life. Cutting-edge research from the Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness focuses on the debate surrounding whether or not there is a direct relationship between happiness and health.
TUESDAY: Kindness Challenge Resources >Special Week TWO Wallpapers for your phone/desktop, flyers, signs
WEDNESDAY: Kindness Builder (Article) – “3 Mental Self-Care Habits of the Happiest People” by Dr. Caroline Leaf
THURSDAY: Kindness Clap (Kindness Stories) – Coca-Cola: Happiness starts with a smile (video)
FRIDAY: Kindness Tune – Be Nice by Black Eyed Peas
SATURDAY: Kindness Kraze (a kind idea) – 30 Random Acts of Kindness in 30 Days – and then some!
RESOURCES
Flyers, Stickers, Yard Sign
Instructions:
- Click the download button and save the file to your computer.
- Go to UPrinting.com and create an account.
- Return to this page and click the order form button for the resource you wish to order.
- Select the appropriate size and other options you want.
- You will be able to adjust quantities on your shopping cart.
Get Your Wings
Wings of Positive Change
“Let Your Life Make a Ripple of Positive Change”
Human School
The best moments in life are those that illuminate our hearts with sparks of joy. One of these moments was when my great-niece Maegen shared her first diary page with me. She had just begun to write, and I bought her a pink “Hello Kitty” diary. She came to me and opened it to a page with a big smile. She had written 5 simple words that began my commitment to build Human School. She wrote, “You are my favorite human.” At the time, I didn’t remember people using those words. Doug and I immediately adopted a love language of saying to each other, “You’re my favorite human.” What a worthy goal, to be someone’s favorite human. Today’s society is filled with disagreement, people taking sides, and competition. In Darwins, The Descent of Man, he explained the origin of what he called sympathy (which today would be termed empathy, altruism, or compassion) as an essential part of human nature. The current social climate moves us away from our human nature to be cooperative and compassionate. Human School is designed to encourage and inspire the BEST of your human nature. Each lesson contains practices to establish new positive routines for your day with exercises to establish best of your humanity as routine. Are you ready to make a commitment to your humanity? This unique series on human school focuses on the practices of human kindness. When given the change to be right or be kind, let’s choose kindness. Take time to share this with your family, friends, co-workers, and customers. Our mission is to create decisive moments that transform the world around you. Let’s practice daily kindness in our world!
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Things to do:
- Register your email to receive your daily Kindness Challenge
- Watch your email for today's challenge.
- Ask friends, family, customers, co-workers and clients to join you in The Kindness Challenge.
- Create social posts tag with #thekindnesschallenge, #ripplekindness
- Introduce The Kindness Challenge to your company.
- Introduce The Kindness Challenge to your church, civic organization or group to #ripplekindness
