We try to be a charitable family, so when Kristin and I tried to do five random acts of kindness one Saturday afternoon, we discovered that five are hard to do if you aren't proficient in philanthropy or charity. Aside from the several minutes we spent shopping, then donating, we hardly moved the kind-o-meter.
Our failure got me thinking of a couple things I could do to fill my karma bucket between major philanthropy opportunities that don't come along every day. I've been leaving pennies in parking lots and hoping someone feels the small rush of luck I do when I pick up one. We set books free on airplanes, park benches and train stops hoping the titles call out to someone to take them home. And I discovered that an, "I like your shoes," in elevators makes anyone smile all day.
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