Random Acts of Kindness Day (Monday Moments ep. 229)
Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary
John O'Leary
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🗓️ 17 February 2020
⏱️ 4 minutes
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Summary
Join me every Monday for a quick burst of inspiration on our “Monday Moment” segment.
“There are men and women who make the world better just by being the kind of people they are. They have the gift of kindness or courage or loyalty or integrity. It really matters very little whether they are behind the wheel of a truck or running a business or bringing up a family. They teach the truth by living it.” - James A. Garfield, 20th US President
What random act of kindness can you do for someone else today? If you need some inspiration, visit Random Acts of Kindness Foundation's website for ideas!
On Live Inspired Podcast ep. 136, I welcomed Leon Logothetis of The Kindness Diaries, streaming on Netflix, to share his journey of traveling the world relying solely on the kindness of strangers. His message is powerful, and it's going to change the world. Listen to ep. 136 here.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hello, my friends, and welcome to the live-inspired podcast with John O'Leary for this week's Monday moment. |
| 0:13.5 | As you know by now, we create these short episodes to help start your week on fire with a quick burst of inspiration. |
| 0:26.1 | Today, 217 people, not only is it President's Day, |
| 0:32.5 | which I know you're all celebrating, but it's also, give me the drum roll, please, random acts of kindness day. So I wanted to share a quote from our 20th president here in the United States, his name, James Garfield. |
| 0:39.5 | Here's what he said. |
| 0:41.3 | There are men and women who make the world better just by being the kind of people they are. |
| 0:48.9 | They have the gift of kindness or courage or loyalty or integrity. |
| 0:53.9 | It really matters very little whether they are behind |
| 0:56.5 | the wheel of a truck or running a business or bringing up a family. They teach the truth by living it. |
| 1:04.2 | Man, that's an awesome quote from our 20th president. There are men and women who make the world better |
| 1:10.0 | just by being the kind of people |
| 1:12.7 | they are. And according to random acts of kindness.org, kindness has incredible benefits and it's |
| 1:20.0 | contagious. It goes viral. So here's my question for you today on this Monday morning. |
| 1:25.9 | What random act of kindness can you do for someone |
| 1:28.7 | else today? Can you send an encouraging email or a letter to a coworker? Can you buy a coffee |
| 1:34.8 | for the person behind you in line? Can you donate used towels or blanket to some local animal shelter? |
| 1:40.9 | Is there a charity or a passion or pursuit that you've had in the back of your mind, |
| 1:45.2 | but you just haven't quite moved forward on lately that is right in front of you today, |
| 1:49.8 | and you can take action. And in doing so, in living into your truth, you can change someone |
| 1:55.3 | else's world. I'm going to lay out a little bit of a challenge today, my friends. I'm hoping |
| 1:59.9 | that you will take the challenge of living into random acts of kindness day, that you will do something kind for someone else, and after you do that, you will email me. When you either witness an act of kindness or you partake, you participate, you propel forward an act of kindness. What I want you to do is to email me |
| 2:18.6 | at podcast at John O'Learyinspires.com. I'm going to say it again because I really want to hear |
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