Yesterday I was listening to a podcast I downloaded of a local radio show I sometimes listen in the morning. It's called "The Bob and Sheri Show" and it's your regular radio show where they talk about nothing and everything at the same time.  So yesterday I was listening to this podcast that was actually fro two or three days earlier, and they were interviewing this guy, Michael J. Chase, who lives in Maine, and he has started something called "The Kindness Center" where he is trying to teach people about the benefits of being kind. Not only to yourself but to others too. He does spontaneous acts of kindness for people who may need it, like shoveling the snow for an elderly person who needs it, and this is without them knowing he's going to do it. He just shows up and shovels the driveway. And there's a bunch of other things he does, like buy coffee and a hot meal for a homeless person, etc. He did something called "Drops of Kindness" I think it was on the 14th of April, and he went 24 hrs. straight trying to find someone who needed something and help. Here's a few I took from his website:

-Bring flowers to someone in a nursing home who doesn't have many visitors

-Let someone merge onto traffic during rush hour

-As you go about your day, pick up the trash you see

 It all DOES make a diference. And it is NOT about the money, the money can only do so much, I think it's more about the attitude, the way you approach someone who seems to be in need, sometimes just listening is enough. And people can be suspicious sometimes, but they quickly turn around and I think it's because of the attitude you approach them with.  It is good for the soul too. I think the truly happy people in the world live for others and for the needs of others first.

Ok, so after this introduction, the topic for next week's found art is: KINDNESS

Let's make something that shows kindness and that spreads this message, pay for someone's coffee at the drive thorugh, say something nice to someone, make a certificate to the best cashier you've seen today, or for the best bus driver you've seen, and then fill out their name and give it to them. (I'm borrowing this idea from someone who did this, I can't remember who, Oh internet, how big art thou)

Go spread it! and thank you!