Celebrate the power of good deeds on National Random Acts of Kindness Day
Random acts of kindness make the world a better place. Of course, every day is a good day for a gesture of kindness, but sometimes we all need a little nudge, and that's why National Random Acts of Kindness Day was born.
Each year, on February 17, people are encouraged to celebrate kindness and pay it forward in whatever way possible. The idea was the brainchild of the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation, which created the inaugural celebration in 1995.
"We feel good when we hear, see, and read about people doing good things, and we want to make that more of our lives," said Brooke Jones, vice president of the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation.
"There are horrible things happening all over the place, but there are also really beautiful things happening," Jones told Paste BN. "It's what you choose to focus on."
Watch the video above to see how a delivery driver's random act of kindness made a teenager's day.
The kindness initiative originated in the San Francisco Bay area more than 40 years ago in response to an article by journalist Anne Herbert entitled Random Kindness and Senseless Acts of Beauty. Herbert died in 2015, but her legacy lives on in an annual day of celebration in the U.S. that is also observed in New Zealand.
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