Decatur First Baptist Church . . . abc-usa
1320 Arbor Dr., Decatur, Il, 62526 - Phone 217.875.8034

116 ways to be kind

  • Listen
  • Never, ever, ever use ethnic or social slurs when talking to or about people
  • Defend people against gossip
  • Look folks in the eye (especially those who are often ignored)
  • Respond pleasantly to rudeness
  • Be kind enough to tell her that she has food on her face or to tell him that his fly is open
  • Care about people's feelings
  • Sit down and have a conversation
  • Write a note of encouragement
  • Write a letter of appreciation
  • Make a phone call to check up and encourage
  • If someone offends you, let it slide
  • Fight the urge to always be right
  • Try (and try some more) to understand
  • Offer assistance
  • Do not mock
  • Give compliments
  • Use popcorn prayer to pray for folks all day long
  • avoid being condescending
  • don't be preachy
  • don't feel the need to have the last word
  • smile
  • send a encouraging bumper sticker or button on facebook 
  • Touch
  • Buy groceries for someone in need
  • Offer to babysit
  • Tip well
  • Give a financial gift to a charity in somebody's name
  • Help with a car repair
  • Don't laugh at someone
  • Give a book
  • Fix a meal
  • Provide transportation
  • Shovel a walk, mow a lawn, rake a yard
  • Offer to sit with someone while their caregiver gets a break
  • Give a gift (not for Christmas or birthdays)
  • Make an effort to include "the least of these¨
  • Adopt a senior citizen
  • Befriend the lonely and the left behind
  • Visit
  • Prepare a care package
  • Give sacrificially
  • Splurge on someone
  • Pass out water on a hot day
  • Run errands
  • Offer to tutor
  • Help get their car (physically and figuratively) out of the ditch
  • The whole barn raising thing
  • Care when you ask “how are you?”
  • Take enough extra to share your lunch with others
  • Offer to carry another person’s stuff
  • Offer to team up with someone to get their task finished
  • show others through tangible ways that you are thinking of them
  • look out for the well being of others
  • be a giver
  • offer to go along
  • don't pressure
  • don't tempt
  • remember people's birthdays and other special days
  • help a novice with their computer
  • focus on people when they are lonely or sad
  • introduce people to one another
  • help a friend move
  • help your teacher
  • clean up after an event


116 ways to be kind

  • Give money to meet a need
  • Give someone your spot in line
  • Open doors
  • Move over for walkers and bikes
  • Serve as an advocate
  • Say thank you to those who are not often thanked
  • Give up your seat
  • Provide for the homeless
  • Offer space under your umbrella
  • Help someone pick up the stuff they have dropped
  • Give people a break
  • Pay someone's bill
  • Offer to return a shopping cart
  • Pick up the tab for another table in a restaurant
  • Fill up someone's gas tank
  • Park away from the store or restaurant so that others may park closer
  • Donate your hair
  • Wash a car/ clean a window
  • Show them how to use the automated check-out if they are confused
  • Give your clothes, your stuff, your car to charity
  • when folks are rude, be pleasant and patient
  • take the iniative to be kind
  • be considerate
  • care about future generations through your actions
  • welcome newcomers into your social group
  • practice road etiquette
  • don't cheat
  • don't download data illegally
  • show your concern for the elderly
  • show your concern for someone who has lost a loved one
  • show your concern for the families of military personnel
  • Volunteer
  • Buy with sensitivity
  • Don’t litter
  • Clean up your mess (and other messes as well)
  • Walk across the room to meet the stranger
  • Reduce/Recycle/Re-use
  • Forgive
  • Don’t judge
  • Speak the truth in love
  • Treat people with respect
  • Accept
  • Give each other a break
  • Do unto others
  • Save gas by using public transportation
  • Give newspaper clippings and photos to people who would appreciate them
  • Ask neighbors for their prayer concerns- and then pray for them
  • Return your shopping cart to the corral in the parking lot
  • Clean up the litter along your street
  • Get involved in cabin maintenance at church camp
  • Offer directions when someone is confused or lost








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