Pay it Forward: Jayden Style

A friend posted this video on my personal Facebook wall, suggesting it for our blog. It's a touching story about a family losing their young son, and honouring his memory by doing good deeds.

I tend to cry quite easily at these videos, and this one was no exception. Please comment if it's inspired you to pay it forward. =)
-Meghan

What is your Kind World ?

LP - Kind world to all. Nice gestures, pay it forward ideas and inspirational stores are all welcome. 

In today's media we hear the negative acts within the world. We want to spread smiles, kindness and love. Tell us your stores and you just might inspire someone to do the same. We are all human and we all make mistakes. We need to encourage one another and support each other. The smallest things end up being the biggest. Giving someone a smile may seem very minimal but it could mean the difference for that persons day.

Think about a time when someone has done something nice for you. Think about how that made you feel. Where you having a bad day and it turned around as a result of the nice gesture. Where you having a great day and it got even better as a result of the act of kindness. We want to hear your stories. We want to know your opinion and we want to spread the word of kindness.

Post comments on our Facebook, Twitter and here on our Blog. We want to keep the positive spirit moving. We have the power to change the lives of many people with small gestures of kindness.

Keep smiling, keep laughing and spread the love :)

Rasing money for prostate cancer

James Osmond is a college student at Mohawk college and plans on long boarding across Canada to help raise money for prostate cancer. This young man will start his journey in Vancouver May 1st and finish in Cape Spear Newfoundland September 1st. please visit the Big Push Facebook page to help donate to this great cause. We here at kind World wish James the best of luck on his ride for this great cause.

York Univerity provides housing to students who were affected by fire.

Yesterday, there was a fire in a student housing complex near the York University complex. The university has offered free housing until the students can return. They have also offered free academic help due to the students loosing some books and notes they had. This story shows how the schools truly care for the students and try to whatever they can to help them out. To see full story please visit the Toronto Star

Spread the Smile!

Did you know? Kids smile 400 times a day! So what about adults? ---only 20 times a day!
Let's beat that record today! Smile at a stranger, smile at the grocery store clerk, smile at your teacher, smile at the driver next to you! Just don't stop smiling because your smile will make someone else smile.

Smiles are contagious, let's make this world a happy place! Feel free to comment about your smiling experience today!

                                            (bet this picture made you smile :) )

 

A night of indulgence

In August 2011, a friend and I were headed to a concert downtown Toronto. The tickets were under $30, so we thought we'd make a whole night of it - drinks at 2 different bars and dinner at a nice restaurant. After having a couple cocktails, we head over to a place called The Hot House. 

We ordered some delicious pasta and a BBQ chicken pizza, even an appetizer. Needless to say, we were full, and ate about 1/3 of our meals. Without even thinking it all the way through, we asked for the rest to get wrapped up to go, not considering we were going to a concert in about 45 minutes.

As we're leaving the restaurant, my friend realized our mistake. I offer to just toss them in the garbage, it's a shame, but we can't take them. She instantly thought - "Why don't we see if someone is hungry on the street?"Checking out Toronto a couple times, it's not hard to find someone who is down on their luck. Men, women, old, young - sometimes people just need help.

As we're walking down the street, we see young man, maybe 25, begging for change. As we approach his direction, he asked us the same question. Taking the bag with the two containers filled with food, I offer them over. "We don't have money, but we have some really delicious leftovers if you want them."

I can't even begin to describe the look that came over his face. Its comparable to a young child receiving the exact toy they asked for from Santa on Christmas morning. He profusely thanked us, but it was better just seeing how happy he was now that he enough food to have a great dinner.We went to the concert, had a great time, but knowing that the young man would have food that night made us happier.

Please tell us about any experiences you've had. Have you helped someone in need? Has someone helped you when you were in need?

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Easter Generosity

On Good Friday morning, I was headed to school for an early study session. I decided to stop by Cobs bakery to pick up some treats for my group. My group and I sat down and finished up our work, only to find that we had an extra cinnamon bun left over! We proceeded to find 2 girls sitting and studying, so we gave them the fresh cinnamon bun and wished them a Happy Easter! (We hope you enjoyed your fresh baked cinnamon bun, if you’re reading this!) Remember, a random act of kindness always goes a long way. Happy Easter!