Moments of kindness can feel rare in our lives, but it’s because we forget to reflect upon these acts and appreciate them. We forget how much kindness we get because it doesn’t register; a quick moment of delight and it’s back to ‘our norm’.

World Kindness Day is a great chance to bring kindness into our daily routine to make and appreciate moments of kindness, laughter and delight. Try to even bring some kindness into your regular morning routine - how about sending an inspiring message to a friend when you wake up, or letting someone go in front of you in line? The goal is to share and appreciate moments of kindness every single day, not just every so often.

Need some ideas? Here are just a few ways to #MakeKindnessTheNorm in your daily life:

• Send an uplifting text/message to a friend or family member
• Let that guy merge into traffic with a wave and a smile
• Go slightly outside of your comfort zone at least once a day to make someone smile
• Share a compliment with a co-worker or friend
• Reach out to a family member you haven’t spoken to in a while
• Treat someone to a cup of coffee (a friend, stranger, or even yourself)
• Don’t forget your please and thank you’s (make your mom proud)
• Hold open the doors for strangers
• Take your grocery cart back to the store after you are done
• Offer to babysit/pet sit for a neighbour, friend or family
• Help retrieve your neighbour’s garbage can from the curb after collection
• Pick up trash/recycling you see on the ground and dispose of it properly
• Make friends with and help someone new in your gym

Let’s do our best to make our day, and somebody else’s, a little brighter and a little kinder.