Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most
underrated agent of human change. - Bob Kerrey
Fluro Zebra (Age 10) Is Making The World Smile - Kindness is Contagious
--by Fluro Zebra, syndicated from kindnessblog.com, Oct 03, 2014
G’day
maties!
I
have recently been working very hard on a special project that I would like to
share with you.
I
decided that I wanted to make gifts of pet rocks for strangers and to give them
to people in the mall. First off, I bought a packet of small rocks. Next, I
painted little smiley faces on them. After that, I glued bobbly eyes on the
rocks.They looked adorable! Then I found a quote I liked, it said “Kindness is
Contagious”.
To
add a little ‘Fluro Zebra’ to it, I hand wrote “Infect the World!”Next, I
printed out 20 and laminated them to make it a bit more special. I bought little
bags to package the rocks up pretty, and made tags (out of zebra print wrapping
paper of course) for a background to the quote.I also made individual birth
certificates and wrote a poem to go with the pet rocks. I stuffed some green
stuffing in the bottom of the bags to give soft padding to the pets and I named
each of the rocks after some of you, my beautiful followers, because you all
inspire me so much.
At
the end of doing all the creative work, I packaged them up and made sure they
were ready for when I delivered them.When the morning arrived, I was a bit
nervous, but excited! My goal was to put smiles on faces. I went to the mall
with my family, and approached two ladies shopping. When I talked to them, I
said I had made a gift and asked them if they wanted one. It was quite funny,
because they asked me how much for one! I told them they were free, and that I
am just trying to bring smiles to the world. So they took one and replied “thank
you”. I felt so happy that my first approach went well.he next person did the
same, they thought it was for a donation. So I told them the same, how it is
just to bring smiles. From then on, I asked “would you like a FREE gift?”
instead of just “a gift”, it worked much better! I also scored a few hugs and
happy tears from strangers, which was nice. 
Once
I had given out all the pet rocks to the teens and adults, I had little pom-pom
critters to hand out to the younger kids. Everybody left with a big grin on
their faces.
I
am doing random acts of kindness because I would like to give people a big
smile. I want the world to be a calm, peaceful and happy place. I believe that I
can make a difference. I think everybody can make a difference. You don’t have
to do a big thing like what I have done. Giving a smile to somebody you don’t
know, using good manners or opening doors for strangers could make their day,
and maybe even make yours too.
Small
things like that can make a big impact on someone’s life. At the end of the day,
I was hoping to inspire people to do those simple things. Maybe you have
inspired someone today; you never know.
So
please remember, you can do a really simple thing, and it can turn out to make a
BIG difference. Every month I would like to do a random act of kindness, who
would like to join me?!
This
article originally appeared in Kindness Blog, a sharing media featuring
kindness in all its varied forms. This blog publishes images, videos,
real-life-stories, personal reflections, quotes and other various media which
all have one special thing in common...Kindness. The article is reprinted here
with permission.
{The
complete article with the pictures of Fluro's Gifts can be read at this
location: http://www.dailygood.org/story/860/fluro-zebra-age-10-is-making-the-world-smile-fluro-zebra/}
Be The Change: Today commit to doing at least one act of random
kindness that will make someone smile.
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