Random Acts of Kindness

Not anonymous

My best friend, P, goes to the U of I. He called me the other day asking for performers for this party and I could tell by the tone of his voice that he was extremely stressed because he was dealing with all these other problems. So he just pretty much blabbered for hours about how he needed to find performers quick because the party was coming up in October. I remember he kept telling me not to help him because I was busy with Drake and personal issues, so I told him that I would not do anything. But when I got off the phone with him, I quickly called and emailed some people that I knew who were performers, whether they were dancers, singers, etc because I consider myself a performer so one can kind of say that I somewhat have connections. I was planning on being one of the performers to surprise him, but I just had too much stuff going on so that was why I tried to find groups for him. They eventually contacted him and before he knew it he had a handful of performers. He later found out through one of the groups performing that they got the message from me. So he eventually found out. But it felt nice to be able to help him even though he is two hours away. He has always been the one who helped me so it felt good to be able to help him with something that I was familiar with.


Anonymously done
So I honestly do not know who this affects, that is why it is towards a stranger. So usually after I use the pop or snack machines I leave a dollar or spare change in the machine for the next person. I got the idea from when I was at the mall. It was during the summer and I went to go get some Lipton Ice Tea and I was getting ready to whip out my money and I noticed that there was a dollar in the machine already. So like a kid, I was totally happy and telling everyone about it. It just made my day because it was a beautiful surprise. So whenever I use the machines at Drake I always try to leave something behind and hopefully the person who uses it after me does the same. Then everyone can be a kid again, even if the means only for a second, and if not a kid at least have a smile. So it is kind of like the movie Pay It Forward. Do something nice for someone else, then that person does something nice to someone else, then that person does something nice to someone else, and yeah, it just goes on and on. A beautiful cycle of kindness is what I call it.