Hey! I’m announcing my first ever blog give-away.
Through the kindness and savvy marketing of CSN Stores, I have the power to grant you a $35. gift card. You have the power to redeem the gift card at any of CSN Stores’ on-line sites.
You might shop for bistro sets and put $35. towards a classy flip top bar table. You know, the kind you’d like to have when you invite me over for wine and dessert.
Or, perhaps you’d appreciate the usefulness of a heart rate monitor when you’re sweating a kettlebell or pushing yourself through a Bawdymax class. Keeping yourself just on this side of medical emergency always makes your friendly fitness instructor very happy.
If I were putting it toward something, I think I’d dress my professor partner up in something fitting, like a smile-worthy Attitude Apron when he’s cooking delights for us in the kitchen.
So, you can see CSN Stores have a lot of options for your shopping pleasure. You’ll be sure to find that just-right something when you win!
In order to enter the draw for the gift card you need only participate in a conspiracy of kindness. With your own special style, approach a stranger with a big smile and say something kind to them. Then,
- place a comment on this blog post briefly telling me the circumstances of what you did. I’d love to hear what response, if any, you got from the stranger
- OR
- if you are not already, follow me on twitter, my user name is @thewholeway. Make sure you tweet me so I know to enter you in the draw and put this link to the blog post — http://bit.ly/dteCxd — in the tweet.
If you become a Ceaseless Conspirator, a Colluder in Kindness, you can enter this give-away contest as many times as your like. Just be sure to leave a separate comment for each act of kindness you heap on a stranger.
On Friday September 10th, I’ll announce a randomly selected Gigolo of Joy as the winner of the $35. gift card.
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September 2, 2010 at 12:38 pm
Joshua Biggley
Can I nominate someone else to win? I ride the North River Road (#2) bus into work about once a week. There is an older gentleman who gets on around Belvedere and off at the government buildings. Any time the bus gets too full, he is the first one to give up his seat to a woman on the bus.
I tried to beat him to the punch this week, but man, is that old fella fast! I don’t know who he is, but I nominate him to win for showing us youngin’s that chivalry is not dead!
September 2, 2010 at 1:47 pm
thewholeway
What a great story Josh. I’ll enter your name and if you win you can hand it on to him….it would be almost like an act of kindness within an act of kindness. I love that!
Isn’t it a good thing to be awake to those moments of opportunity? I hope everyone who observes his actions takes something wonderful away from the moment.
September 3, 2010 at 7:56 pm
Krissie
I was standing in line at the grocery store and there was a man behind me with a lot of products which I had mfg. coupons or discount cash-off or free coupons from the store. He had three little kids with him and looked very harried! I wasn’t going to be using the coupons, so I handed him a bunch of them, probably about $25-$30 worth. He seemed quite surprised and then happy. He did actually use them, too!
September 4, 2010 at 5:53 am
thewholeway
Thanks Krissie. What a great way to spread kindness, and acts of kindness can be so easy and simple. I hope your story inspires others to leave a line or two here too!
You’re in on the gift card draw. 🙂
September 4, 2010 at 8:15 am
Kim
I had a foreign exchange student with me for a short spell last semester. Her friend was heading back to Japan for the summer and left things in my basement for storage as the university could only keep so much belongings.
She emailed me that she was coming in on a flight yesterday at 11:30 am and would swing by in a taxi to pick it up on her way to a room and board, but first had to go to the university and pick up other things stored. I emailed back and said I would pick her up at the airport,, go to the univ. and fill my car and then take her to her new room and board living arrangement. What is an hour out of my life? She was surprised and appreciative for the help.
September 4, 2010 at 11:04 am
thewholeway
That was such a helpful thing to do for her Kim. You’re right, it is all so easy.
Again, I hope your bit of love-the-world inspires others to share their stories here.
September 4, 2010 at 11:06 pm
Emily
I often leave a few minutes early when driving to work, just to make sure I get there in plenty of time and account for traffic etc. Well, I got to work in plenty of time one day and noticed there was a woman (another employee)
who was sitting in her car with the hood up. I walked by her and asked if everything was OK. She said that her car would not start and she needed to have her car towed to a repair shop but she did not have AAA or anything. So, I called my roadside assistance service and had a tow truck come and take her where she needed to go. I thought they were going to question me on it, being that it was not my vehicle etc. I was pleasantly surprised when the driver showed up and was more than happy to help and actually ended up taking her to a shop much closer to her home. It was a win- win -win situation.
September 5, 2010 at 7:03 am
thewholeway
Roadside assist always seems to go the extra mile (no pun intended). How kind of you to use your program to help out, Emily. That kind of help can make such a big difference in someone’s day.
Thanks for sharing Emily!
September 5, 2010 at 10:14 pm
Susan
I recently had a baby, and had many complications with the delivery and my daughter was put in the NICU immediately after birth. We are both fine now, but at the time it was quite stressful. When I arrived home, my sweet friend had arranged for us to have meals brought to our home for nearly a week. She knew we had been under alot of emotional trauma and that we needed all the help we could get. I will never forget how much it meant to me & my husband to have a nice hot meal without even having to think about it, and I have often told her that she was my lifesaver. She was never asked to do it, she just did- that what makes it so sincere.
September 6, 2010 at 6:01 am
thewholeway
Ohmygosh Susan, what a wonderful thing to have done for you! This would surely be a lovely thing in the first week home from a complicated birth.
Thanks for sharing. You are blessed.
September 6, 2010 at 3:00 pm
shenais
so- as a parent i know what a difficult and often thankless job it is. yesterday i saw a mom parenting a little girl in a really positive manner- soft words, patient, on her level, etc. i approached them and commented on what a good mom she was. she was surprised to say the least. i think she thought i was going to ask her for directions. 🙂 i had my little girl with me so we started chatting about the ups and downs of mothering. what a pleasant exchange!
September 6, 2010 at 5:13 pm
thewholeway
So refreshing, Shenais, to tell someone they are doing a great job. I’m glad it turned into a great conversation for both of you.
Thank you so much for sharing your kindness with us.
September 7, 2010 at 3:02 pm
Mrs. B
I must say that I have learned over the years the concept of ‘pay it forward.’
Just a few weeks ago, I had a stranger loan me their cell phone to call my husband after my phone battery had died and I was waiting for him to pick me up, but I was at a different location than we had originally planned. I know it sounds simple, but it was important to me at the moment. So, just last week I was walking down the street with my daughter and a couple pulled along side me and asked me for directions to a theater they were looking for. They were totally lost, and it felt good to be able to help them out and get them to where they needed to be. They were very appreciative.
September 7, 2010 at 5:59 pm
thewholeway
Mutuality is what it is all about, isn’t it Mrs. B? Positive energy begets positive energy. We can change the world with acts of kindness.
Thank you for sharing these bits of your life.
September 8, 2010 at 6:59 am
Erica
Everytime I am at superstore I always grab a small cart for myself because there are never any in the store. Recently, I started taking two. One for myself and one for someone else. There is always someone waiting for a small cart and are very pleased when I take one in. The workers that gather the carts are pleased as well.
As a young person I see random acts of kindness as my duty. I want to fix our tarnished reputation.
September 8, 2010 at 8:16 am
thewholeway
Kindness as duty is a right way to travel Erica. I don’t see tarnished reps on young people, I see big shiny attitudes.
Thanks for sharing this sharing of carts.
September 8, 2010 at 7:33 pm
debbie
It’s not huge but I did let two people in one trip to the grocery go ahead of me in line. They both seemed so startled that I would be happy to do that!
September 8, 2010 at 7:53 pm
thewholeway
Sweet. It doesn’t have to be big to be meaningful Debbie.
Thanks for telling us about it!