1000 Acts of Kindness

My friends, acts of kindness might be the ultimate form of self-defense. If you don’t see the connection between kindness and the martial arts, then you’re probably very young, you haven’t read the masters, and it’s very likely that you don’t have children.

If you have trouble making the connection; I suggest you document 1000 acts of kindness and let me know what you experience.

For the martial arts teacher, well -there are always things you will do for your students that you wouldn’t do for yourself. Actually “documenting” 1000 acts of kindness offers young students a 1000 ways they can improve the quality of their own thinking.

Over the course of the next year, I will be committing to perform a minimum of 21 Acts of Kindness per week.

Week 1:

Saturday, October 1, 2016:

1. Picked up trash laying next to trash can and disposed of it.

2. Took a picture of a couple trying to take a selfie of themselves.

3. Gave directions to a family.

Sunday, October 2, 2016

4. Lent my Uncle my trailer and old hearse for Halloween.

5. Helped my Uncle load the hearse onto the trailer.

6. Charged a battery charger for a friends vehicle.

Monday, October 3, 2016

7. Bought Lunch for one of my students.

8. Picked up trash on the sidewalk.

9. Helped revise wording in an agreement for a weight loss program.

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

10. Had lunch with a student.

11. Gave a much needed hug.

12. Offered an encouraging word to a student.

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

13. Helped an elderly woman with her groceries

14. Paid a compliment to a stranger

15. Smiled at a stranger

Thursday, October 6, 2016

16. Encouraged my brother.

17. Spent some extra time with a student.

18. Spoke highly of a parent to another parent.

Friday, October 7, 2016

19. Thanked volunteers for helping set up dojang for Halloween.

20. Set-up Dojang with festive Halloween Decorations for students.

21. Purchased decorations for Halloween for Dojang.

Saturday, October 8, 2016

22. Encouraged Doctor during labor who was delivering our child.

23. Thanked nurses and all who assisted delivering our child.

24. Gave someone directions.

Sunday, October 9, 2016

25. Took parents to Virginia Living Museum with Micah.

26. Picked up trash

27. Insisted and visited one of my mothers close friends.

Monday, October 10, 2016

28. Helped someone load a broken lawn mower on their truck.

29. Gave a hug to a stranger.

30. Drove a student home from the dojang.

I dropped the ball over the past 3 months in not documenting the acts of kindness. It isn't that I haven't done any, I just haven't documented them, so now I'll be documenting 4 or more Acts of Kindness per day.

Monday, January 30, 2017

31. Struck up a conversation with a stranger.

32. Thanked an employee at a store I frequent.

33. Showed grace to someone who didn't do what they said they would.

34. Stopped to allow someone to pull out of a parking space.