Today, November 13, is World Kindness Day. Be intentional about being kind all day. Here are 100 acts of kindness to kick-start your day. What will you do to spread kindness to everyone you encounter today? 

1. Donate food, toys, books, or clothes to a good cause
2. Smile at everyone you come across
3. Hug someone who needs it
4. Pick up trash in a parking lot or a park
5. Donate to a non-profit or charity that you admire
6. Send a handwritten note to someone
7. Send anonymous flowers to someone who's been on your mind
8. Say "please" and "thank you"
9. Bring hot cocoa to a friend
10. Send someone a secret gift
11. Call your parents/grandparents/far-away relative
12. Volunteer your time over lunch or after school
13. Walk a dog for a neighbor or your local shelter
14. Hold open doors for others
15. Leave encouraging notes in public places
16. Pay for someone’s coffee, meal, groceries, car wash, gas, etc.
17. Bring a meal to someone in need
18. Bring diapers to a new mom
19. Thank a teacher, public servant, pastor
20. Give compliments instead of complaints
21. Say "good morning!" to everyone with a smile
22. Read to someone in the nursing home/hospital/daycare (I suggest this book for kids, one of my son's favorites)
23. If someone around you is gossiping, butt in with something nice to say
24. Put a quarter in someone’s expired meter
25. Put your phone away and engage in conversations
26. Buy a meal for someone else
27. Compliment a person to his/her boss
28. Leave a bigger tip than you normally would for your server
29. Let someone into your lane
30. Leave your paper/magazine behind for someone else to read
31. Let the person behind you at the grocery store go first
32. Give away free stuff on a social platform
33. Give someone a book
34. Comment something nice on someone's Instagram/Facebook post
35. Let someone else have the closer parking space
36. Volunteer at an after-school kids program
37. Make eye contact when you’re walking about
38. Play board games at the nursing home
39. Actively listen to someone
40. Babysit for free – a struggling family, single mom, someone who needs a break- give them an excuse to get out of the house
41. Hold the elevator for someone
42. Leave extra quarters at the laundromat, in vending machines, car wash
43. Write your spouse a list of things you love about them
44. Pray with someone
45. Send dessert to another table at the restaurant
46. Help your elderly neighbor with chores
47. Give up your seat on public transportation
48. Give your delivery driver a cup of something hot to drink
49. Drop off a bag of dog/cat food at the animal shelter
50. Wash someone’s car
51. Make an extra lunch and give the other away
52. Don’t complain
53. Do the dishes for someone else
54. Be patient
55. Return someone else’s grocery cart in the parking lot
56. Organize a volunteer project
57. Call or email your favorite restaurant and leave a compliment instead of a complaint
58. Have your kids draw someone a picture and mail it to them
59. Bring snacks to the teachers at your school
60. No road rage/honking today
61. Donate colors and coloring books to the hospital waiting room
62. Pull weeds in someone’s lawn or rake their leaves
63. Send pizza anonymously to a family that could use it
64. Forgive someone
65. Make the extra pot of coffee at work
66. Tell someone a joke – make them smile
67. Pass out stickers to kids waiting in line somewhere
68. Leave an encouraging note in a library book
69. Thank a teacher who made a difference in your life
70. Thank your pastor
71. Stand up for someone else
72. Donate blood
73. Tell your parents you love them
74. Give yourself a break
75. If you’re thinking nice things about someone, text them or let them know
76. Say thank you to the janitor
77. Let your spouse sleep in
78. Put a tip in the tip jar
79. Send a care package to someone in the military, a missionary, or a college student
80. Donate to the local food bank
81. Make bird feeders and hang them outside
82. Tape a bag of microwave popcorn with a nice note to the Redbox
83. Help someone with their bags- at the store or in an airport
84. Help someone move
85. Make a new friend
86. Use a reusable water bottle instead of a disposable one
87. Sit with someone who is eating alone
88. Sign up to be an organ donor
89. Be kind to someone you don’t get along with- hold your tongue and find something nice to say
90. Offer to pick up your friend’s kids after school
91. Offer to work late for a co-worker so he/she can leave early
92. Do that thing you’ve been putting off
93. Clean up after someone else without acknowledgement
94. Plan something fun for someone else: your spouse, kids, neighbors, friends
95. Support a local business
96. Let someone else “win”
97. Talk positive about others
98. Leave your spouse an encouraging note somewhere they aren't expecting to find it
99.  Surprise someone with their favorite treat or drink
100. Inspire someone else to do something good