Kindness

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

Mark Twain

I have been thinking a lot lately about kindness and why it matters.... why its important to us as human beings, and how good we feel after receiving or producing an act of kindness.

I know as a mother how important it is to teach kindness especially to two children who maybe have never really understood kindness before and the true meaning behind the act of it, because to them just getting what they want and how they want it is whats important.

Different acts of Kindness matter in different communities, but really at the end of a hard long drawn out day each and every act of kindness is the same and it produces the same.

Someone somewhere benefits from that act and you (if your the one doing the producing) feel good about what you did for someone else.

Today we live in a world that is all to ready to grab what it can, to benefit its self, to profit from self righteous attitudes and to grab what it can when it can and not look back to see what a trail of disruption its left in its path.

Is this the way we want our children to grow ..... to live their future out ..... I'm guessing no, cause really on a personal note none of you come across as being like that.

But there are people out there who wouldn't even know what a kind act was if it came and hit them smack down square in the face. Why well maybe because they have never produced and act of kindness in their life's because no one every showed them kindness. 

So how do we change that ?

I don't have all the answers all I know is when I receive or give kindness it makes me feel good not in a self righteous "Look at me" type way but in a way that I know I have either put a smile on someones face or that someone was thinking about me.

Think about this for one moment ...... and think about how kindness makes you feel.

It doesn't matter if you receive it or give it, how does it make you feel.

Now here is the hard part, now think how you are going to spread the kindness.

I'm going to point out some acts of kindness Ive received lately and this may help you a little

I stopped blogging for two months someone was very concerned here in blog land and let it be known once I found out about their concern oh boy how touched did her concern make me feel .... that's kindness right there smacked down pulled together kindness ....
So is there a blogger that you haven't seen a post  form for sometime?.... go see if you can find an email address for them or just leave them a message asking if their alright.

Ask a neighbor if they need a ride somewhere..... maybe they cant get out because they don't have a car ... but you do, and it may not even be out of your way to take them to the post office or the grocery store ...and if it is just know that your doing an act of kindness and that person will be truly grateful.... (by the way Maria I know you will read this so thanks for the lift ride today)


There are many ways and I'm pretty sure you can thing of some yourself to show kindness to someone today

One of my favorite sits here in blog land is Kind over matter.

They focus on the handmade community which I know many of you are involved in or just plain old love,
well they are worth a visit and worth a vote..... yes that's right vote ... they have entered the Pepsi refresh project their aim is to help independent artists while promoting kindness and positivity

There is one act of kindness that wont take you long to do .....

You can find the vote button on the right hand side of their blog.


I would love to hear about your act of kindness, doesn't matter if you gave or received .... its a way to encourage others ...and lets be honest we all need that from time to time .

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Random Ramblings of a SAHM.

Come join the fun 

Getting To Know You Sunday.

At Mannland5 it is getting to know you Sunday ..... why not pop over and join in..... 

The Q's.

1. Do you think mustaches are sexy?

Not really  ..... 

2. What's the last concert you've been to?

I don't remember it was that long ago.... maybe Morcheeba

3  What was your favorite 80's sitcom?

I think I use to watch Knight Rider on a saturday evening....if that was the 80"s .... if it wast then I was to young to have a favorite

4. Were you named after anyone?

No..... Mom says she didn't want to offend anyone in the family so she gave me a name that had never been used before.

5. When you buy new clothes, do you wash before wearing?
Sometimes..... depends  if I have any clean ones to wear when I buy new ones...that was a joke by the way 

6. If you didn't blog, what would you do with your spare time?
Play WOW.... 

7. What is your favorite department store

H&M and Next ...but if I want to shop at Next I have to order online .... Lucky for me they do deliver to the USA....

8. If  you were to get Laser Hair Removal..where would you get it?

 I wouldn't get it done.... I'm coward so if I think something might hurt I don't do it ..anyway that's what razors are for surely...

Getting To Know You: Sunday

So Sunday is here and I'm up freaking early....... whats that all about.
Its the only day I don't have to get up, but yet I'm wide awake.
I find that really annoying I will be having a word with myself later.....
So its It's Getting to know you Sunday .......
The Q's..

1. If you were to win an award today, what would it be for?
For getting up early I guess.....

2. What is your shoe style?
Flip Flops .... Sneakers ...... bare feet.

3  Does your car reflect your personality?
What old rusty and falling apart ..... hmmm yes I guess it does

4. If you could take over someones body for a day..whose would you choose?
Someone that slept longer than 6am every morning.

5. Love or be loved?
I think I'm happy to Love others .... cause to Be Loved, means you have high expectations of someone and how they feel about you

6. If you were on death row, what last meal would you choose?
Fish and Chips ( UK Style) in newspaper with loads of salt and vinegar.

7. Have you been on vacation this Summer, if so where?
Yes my back yard.

8. What is your favorite food related guilty pleasure?
I don't feel guilty for eating anything.... If I like it and want it I'm eating it ..... whats the point of feeling guilty ...Its not like I'm going to stop myself ...


So There are my eight answers..... Ill more than likely be back later to give you another headache with my ramblings .... RAD's had its ups and downs this week and so has life .... So there is lots to tell...and If I don't come back today its cause I'm a sleep

Getting to Know You: Sunday

 WoW .... how lucky was that, all day while I have been cleaning I've been mulling over what today's post would be.... I was pretty sure you didn't want to see what my tip of a bedroom looked like before and after...cause to be honest there was a huge difference but nothing to write home about. 

I just don't want to write about what my RADdy kids have been up to all weekend I'm all done with that one for this week..... 

So I was gonna be a totally uneventful post until.......
I found MannLand5 .... and they do a Getting to know YOU..
On a Sunday which I would say is lucky for me ...wouldn't you?

So here goes with my answers

The Q's..

1. Thong or Granny Panties?

Well more like boxers for ladies

2. If you see a guy with his fly down, do you tell him?
Ha, No, unless its my husband then ye ......

3. Spanx or no Spanx?
Hmmm what are Spanx, running shorts cause if that's what they are then no...I so don't run anymore the ankles cant take it ... I have a feeling they are something other than running shorts..is it an American thing? or am I just not in the KNOW.

4. Do you sleep in your sheets?
Sort of ..... depends how hot it is or if they have been stolen from me

5. What is your favorite Disney character?
Snow White

6. Dream vacation spot?
I guess being a Brit living in The States I would have to say The UK ...... Isle of Sky in Scotland comes to mind

7. What is your dream job?
I don't really have a dream job.... sad to say, but I bet if I did and I got it I'd hate it... that's the way I roll

8. Who is your hero and why?

 My Mom and my Dad (am I allowed two I wonder?),My Dad had a series of stroke some years back and we were told IF he lived he would be in a wheelchair, and pretty much be good for nothing, well My Mom went to that hospital every day all day and prayed over that man, she only left his side to sleep and sometimes even that she didn't leave for, at the time he was 55 and had been a very active person. She did this for 6 weeks...... he walked out of there and I mean he walked... not a wheelchair in sight. They both fought to carry on living their lives with each other. He is now 67 and on Tuesday they fly out to see me for 6 weeks....and still no wheelchair in sight.

Ok so now off to get the ironing done .... can you hear me groaning