Day 362 to 366 – The Final Post

Well, my year is over and I completed at least 3971 random acts of kindness in 366 days… an average of just over ten a day … 10.8 to be exact!

I’m really grateful to the journalist Helen Chislett for suggesting and encouraging the endeavour … I would never have embarked on it without her influence … thank you.
 
This Blog was not the beginning and is not the end of my acts of kindness. My random acts of services did not commence on the 30^thNovember 2011, they began many years ago and were motivated by my Faith and the wonderful story of the stranded starfish.

Like most true stories my story began in the 'middle' and will forever be a record of how we can all make a positive difference to someone else’s life ... if we choose to.

I know my acts of kindness will not be nationally or internationally recognise, they do not merit a Nobel Prize or an MBE, and they will not be included in the final narrative of the 21^st Century; when historians get around to write it. But in some small way each act made a positive difference to someone and for that the World must be a better place ... well at least I hope it is.

My final recorded random acts of kindness included:

30 x Proactively ‘gave-way’ to other drivers

5 x Gave a big smile to a stranger

4 x Gave cash to a charity
3 x Held the door open for someone
3 x Put neighbours bin back after the bin men had been
15 x Proactively ‘gave-way’ to a pedestrian
3 x Picked up rubbish in the neighbourhood
4 x Voluntary Work for the Langford Village Community Association
4 x Voluntary Work for the Patients Reference Group

Sub total: 71
Final total: 3971

Target: 3000+ in 12months

Commenced 30^thNovember 2011- Concluded 29^th November 2012

Motivation for ‘’My Ten-a-day’

One day a man was walking along the beach when he noticed a boy picking something up and gently throwing it into the ocean.

Approaching the boy, he asked, “What are you doing?”

The youth replied, “Throwing starfish back into the ocean. The surf is up and the tide is going out. If I don’t throw them back, they’ll die.”

“Son,” the man said, “don’t you realize there are miles and miles of beach and hundreds of starfish? You can’t make a difference!”

After listening politely, the boy bent down, picked up another starfish, and threw it back into the surf. Then, smiling at the man, he said, “I made a difference for that one.”