Pay It Forward: Celebrate Your Birthday with Random Acts of Kindness

We are so honored to know Kristin Traina. A soon-to-be-amazing teacher, Kristin is always looking for ways to give and empower others. Her birthday is no different. On Monday, July 9th, Kristin turns twenty-two years old. For her birthday she's spending the day engaged in 22 random acts of kindness. Talk about seeing beautiful!?!?! We are in awe of Kristin and her giving and in honor of her birthday, we'll be engaging in twenty-two random acts of kindness too. What about you?

Looking for some acts of kindness from which you can engage? Enter Life Vest Inside. You'll remember them as our See Beautiful non-profit of the month here, but Life Vest Inside continues impressing, as they now offer Act of Kindness (AOK) and Witness Cards.

The Act of Kindness cards each provide a different kindness act you can complete. You perform the act, pass the card to someone else, and share your experience at Life Vest Inside (links below). We LOVE these cards! Here are some ideas from the cards if you're looking for ideas:

• Stick up for someone even if they aren't around;
• Visit someone sick;
• Swallow your pride, pick up the phone an call that person you have been meaning to ask forgiveness from. One kind word can erase even the most intense fury;
•  Call someone who didn't show up to school or work today;
• Invite someone who is sitting alone to sit at your lunch table;
• Make someone smile;
• Make-up with a friend (fighting isn't worth it) - Remember we all make mistakes;
• Donate old books to the library;
• Pay for the coffee of the person standing behind you in line;
• Call a friend you haven't spoken to in a while;
• Have faith in yourself! That's right, sometimes the hardest kindness to do is for yourself!;
• Be appreciative! (Thank your parents for dinner, even if you may not like it!);
• Pay the toll for the person behind you;
• Spend time with your grandparents (it means the world to them);
• Give someone a compliment;
• Tell someone important in your life how much they mean to you;

The Witness Cards from Life Vest Inside are AWESOME! You can give out the Witness Cards when you witness someone else doing an act of kindness. After you receive a Witness Card, you get to be one the lookout for someone else doing an act of kindness. It's like a whole big cycle of seeing and creating beautiful!

Here's where you come in, if you'd like to honor Kristin with us, you can complete a random act of kindness and let us know about it. We'll compile all random acts of kindness conducted from today through Monday, Kristin's birthday. You can snap a picture of the act of kindness for her scrapbook. If you use Instagram, you can also upload your picture with #LifeVestInside and they'll compile the acts and share too! Whew-whoo, there's so much seeing beautiful!

Happy Birthday, Kristin Traina! Thank you for reminding us what celebrating is really all about, for it is infinitely better to give than receive.

Connect with Life Vest Inside HERE.
Upload your picture to Life Vest Inside HERE (#lifevestinside).
Upload your picture to Life Vest Inside's twitter feed HERE.

You can submit your act of kindness and pictures in the comments section below or email them to lcrissmays@seebeautiful.com

As always, happy seeing beautiful!
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