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Alex Cavanaugh talked of random acts of kindness Monday:
http://alexjcavanaugh.blogspot.com/2012/07/ninja-news-act-of-kindness-and-dark.html

I think that all of us could stand being the recipient of a random act of kindness.

I learned of THE KINDNESS PROJECT from Leigh T. Moore's blog:
http://leightmoore.blogspot.com/2012/07/tkp-stronger-and-wider.html

The Hershey Company has heraled RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS WEEK. Alas it is past (mid-February.)

Milton Hershey demonstrated the ultimate random act of kindness when he founded Milton Hershey School to help children in need, then devoted his entire fortune to ensure the school's future.

But we can make EVERY week a RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS WEEK.

How?

I was weary and read an inspiring post on persistence by Milo James Fowler so I spotlighted it and the two publications that had published stories by him:

http://www.milo-inmediasres.com/

I expected no reward. I thought if I needed the inspiration given by his post, then someone else probably did as well. Thinking I might have helped light the way was all the reward I needed.

I read yesterday of MPAX's new book release, so I spotlighted it without being asked:

http://www.amazon.com/Stopover-at-Backworlds-Edge-ebook/dp/B008L46QFU/ref=pd_rhf_gw_p_t_2

It seems the blogverse is ablaze with blogfests and book tours, all shouting, "Look at me! Buy my book!"

Look for the lonely author who doesn't have a wave of blogs shouting her or his praises. Point the way to them without asking anything in return.

Take Christi Goddard:
http://www.christigoddard.com/

Her FOUR IN THE MORNING is an evocative, riveting book with a trailer that reaches out and grabs you:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0084P70J2

Browse your blog list to find any old friends who have not posted in some time. Find their email address from their profile. Email them, asking about them, telling them you have missed them.

Alex Cavanaugh, Talli Roland, Jessica Bell, and Hart Johnson ... along with others are giants in the blogverse. Sometimes the struggling blogger can feel lost and forgotten in their corner of the cyberverse.

They lose heart. They slow their frequency of posting. They finally stop.

Be kind. Look for the stragglers, the bruised, the fallen by the wayside. Reach out to them through email or just doing a post, spotlighting what you find great about them and their blog.

Going to the Redwoods of the cyber forest will get you attention. But life is more than what we can get out of it.

Life is what we put into it and into the bruised hearts of fellow strugglers.

Make today and the rest of this week RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS WEEK. The effects of the ripples you may never see. But they will be there. And the world and hurting others will be better for you having drawn breath.

How cool is that?

RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS WEEK

I think that all of us could stand being the recipient of a random act of kindness.

Sadly, it is more often that we are the recipient of a random act of cruelty. I received a "paper-cut" of one Valentine's Day. No, not from a jilted lover ... from an agent I queried. I won't give her name since she is not here to give her side of the tale.

Besides, everyone is having a harder time than they appear so it is best to be kind lest you add to the trauma of someone's already bad day. Valentine's Day is often a hard one for many to endure. Perhaps that was the case for the agent in question. And like I said, it was only a "paper-cut." They sting a bit then you move on.

Her paper-cut? Short and to the point:

"I'm going to pass on this because you can't seem to follow simple instructions. Removing the formatting on a cut-and-paste email is not difficult. Whatever formatting you've used is rending all of the text as gibberish."

Ouch. A bit terse but move on and acknowledge that learning additional computer skills would be a good thing. Odd that no other of the many agents I have queried have mentioned any formatting problem. And there are several agents impressed enough with my work to be considering it.

I feel like the prostitute who was briefly considered as a victim by Jack the Ripper then passed over as "not worthy" of his knife. Like the cat said after having romanced the skunk : "I think I have enjoyed as much of this as I can stand."

Like I said earlier, it is RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS WEEK. The Hershey Company is asking people to go to http://www.thehersheylegacy.com/ and share a virtual Hershey's bar with friends and family. Milton Hershey demonstrated the ultimate random act of kindness when he founded Milton Hershey School to help children in need, then devoted his entire fortune to ensure the school's future.

I am listening to "Chaco Canyon" by Laura Sullivan from her MYSTICAL AMERICA album. If you like Enya, Yanni, and Liz Story, you will enjoy her music, too. You can hear her on Sirius and, of course, on the wonderful http://www.pandora.com/.

May you both give and receive random acts of kindness all this week. Breathe each breath today, giving thanks for each one. Roland