#Random Kindness

Let Your Colors Light Up Unfamiliar Streets

Finally, the impact of color often exceeds the moment. Social network studies suggest that happiness can spread up to three degrees of separation (Christakis and Fowler, BMJ, 2008), implying that your brief brightness may travel through unseen paths. One lifted mood steadies a conversation, which softens a meeting, which changes a decision. Thus, to carry your colors is to practice hopeful leverage: a small, humane investment with outsized returns. In unfamiliar streets, we become familiar to one another not all at once but by many steady, vivid strokes. [...]

Carry Out a Random Act of Kindness - Princess Diana

Princess Diana was known for her humanitarian efforts and compassion. Her legacy is a testament to the impact that kindness and altruism can have on the world. [...]