Acts of Random Kindness to You

This is the time of the year that I always look forward to. As a teacher, I also get to shop for new clothes at the beginning of the school year. I love to look through the many stores to find out the latest fall fashion trends. It is exciting to shop for new clothes.

One way that I find the best savings is to do a lot of online shopping. I can often find major retailers that offer a bigger savings by shopping over the Internet. This is because they do not have the over head selling online as they do in the stores. Because of lower overhead, I often save a large amount of money by shopping the online stores. The best part is, I get it all shipped right to my front door.

Keeping up with the latest fall fashion shopping trends is easier because you can compare store to store to see what is out and what is in. Teaching high school requires me to stay with in the current trend so i can better relate to my students. It also gives me a great excuse to shop for new clothes.

I am excited about going back to school and just as excited that i will look good while I am teaching. However, even if you are not a teacher, it is a great time to find great deals and treat yourself to a act of random kindness.

I love to travel and in my travel I make many new friends. One in particular lives in Canada. She has been very special to me and she has helped me through some very rough times. When one of my parents was sick, she sent me a beautiful arrangement of sympathy flowers that I thought was a special act of kindness that was totally unexpected. We are not long time friends but we do email back and forth occasionally and we have spoken by phone on occasion.

The flowers came two years ago and I have always looked for a way to do something nice in return. On one of my calls to her, I was speaking to husband because she was not at home and I found out her birthday was coming up in a few days. After some chatting with him, I found out her favorite flowers were Sunflowers. I was excited!

I went right to my computer and searched for Toronto Flowers. I was looking for some birthday flowers to send to her to show how much her friendship meant to me. I was excited when I ordered them and waited to see what her reaction would be.

The day of her birthday arrived and I did not hear from her. The next day her husband called to say she was sick and my flowers perked her right up and made her whole birthday great. It was one of those random acts that shocked and amazed her even though she had done the same for me just a couple of years ago.

Flowers are a great way to show someone how much you care and it inspires a smile even when there would otherwise be none. I did not know she was sick but the time was perfect to celebrate her birthday and cheer her up from her illness.

Just remember, random acts of kindness not only helps the person who receives it, it helps the giver also.