On leadership & Random acts of kindness.

taiyaki

http://www.ted.com/talks/drew_dudley_everyday_leadership.html

This is a quick six minute video on random acts of kindness, which may have a wider impact than we envision.

I thought I'd share and maybe it may inspire you. Small acts that seem insignificant can have large effects.

What was your lollipop moment?

Vastmind

:clap:

Tosh

Lollipop moment...

I've never been shown unconditional love and affection as I have been in A.A.. Often, when I was new, it wasn't the deep or profound stuff that touched me, it was the little stuff. I remember on one occasion, maybe my 3rd ever A.A. meeting, an elderly lady with bright clear eyes just looked so happy to see me turn up again; that touched me. It had been such a long time someone had seemed genuinely pleased to see me.

These people, strangers, made a fuss of me, gave me a book, gave me their telephone numbers, told me to 'pick up the phone before I pick up a drink' and just loved me, whether I drank or not.

Powerful stuff; I feel touched just remembering it.

Cory

I know this is small, but I feel like I made a difference. One day I was walking around durring lunch, and a kid was walking around asking people he knew for a dollar. I walked by without hesitation and with a smile on my face gave him a dollar. We had never met before, but something in me told me to give him the dollar. About 10 minutes later I walked past him as he was eating, with a hint of joy in his face. It was a good feeling.

lobster

Dear friends of the Buddha,

Due to circumstances we do not always have people to hand out kindness to. This is when we are kind to ourselves. Buying ourselves flowers, cooking a good meal for ourself. Treating our environment with gentle kindness.

I am lucky, the world is full of people to smile at and be a little kinder to . . .
My lollipop moment came when I stopped looking for lollipops and found ways to give them out . . . :wave:

Cory

Kindness Chain

Jeffrey

I remember when I was hypomanic coming home from my volunteer pharmacy tech job with the veteran's hospital. It was raining and I asked for an umbrella and they gave me a pink umbrella. Now being hypomanic I thought the color was awesome!

I met a bum on my walk home and I gave him a dollar and said "but I can't always give you a dollar". He commented "I like how you said that".

Another was when I was in the behavioural correction center because I went psychotic at a different pharmacy the hospital IV (eye vee... drugs in a bag) manufacturing room. There was another guy way more mental than me that he actually was in his own locked room with brightly colored lights and he had a straight jacket on. Somehow the center must have been poorly supervised because I was in the same room alone with this guy and he told me he was gay. I gave him a hug and told him it was ok to be gay. And then I said something I find funny, "it's okay to be gay (pause). But you won't be able to get all the pussy you want!" Ha. The guy/kid laughed too. An odd story, but at least I told him he was okay and hugged him.

lobster

bravo cory,

Calmer, karma, kindness

Buddhism everyday. :clap: