The Kindness Diaries On Netflix

This is my newest and latest favorite show!  Watch this one man's journey around the world relying solely on the kindness of strangers for food and shelter.  Then he grants wishes to unsuspecting good Samaritans along the way.  You will love it.  Kindness is still alive and strong in our world!

Watch unsuspecting good samaritans across the globe receive life-changing gifts from a stranger. The Kindness Diaries now streaming on Netflix: netflix.com/title/80156137 Watch my travels around the world on my yellow motorbike, Kindness One, relying only on people's kindness at each stage of my travel.

Chores! We all have them!

Here is something I am using with my daughter to teach her about chores.  They are great!  I use them on a chalkboard with two columns.  One column says "to do" and the other one says "done".  I pick the ones that she needs to take care of on the "to do" side and when she gets them done she moves them to the "done" side.  It's important that everyone contributes to a household....everyone!  We are teaching kids life skills and lessons that will serve them the rest of their lives.  

NO ONE CARES! AND THAT'S A GOOD THING!

“I am not what I think I am, and I am not what you think I am. I am what I think you think I am.” Charles Horton Cooley

I love that Charles Horton Cooley quote.  He was an American sociologist from the 1800s.  It’s a great observation of how most of us see ourselves.  It’s something that so many us get trapped in and it’s a prison that can be hard to break out.  But you can!  I want to share a great video about this. 

 

We spend a little too much time worrying about how we must appear in the minds of others. However, the poignant, useful truth is that almost everyone doesn't care at all about who we are, what we're doing and how we've messed up.

A POEM WORTH READING...EVERYDAY!

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Chanie Gorkin was 17 when she wrote a poem for her 12th grade school assignment that went viral.  What a wise young lady! It’s one of the most brilliant things I have ever read.  See for yourself:

 

Today was the absolute worst day ever
And don’t try to convince me that
There’s something good in every day
Because, when you take a closer look,
This world is a pretty evil place.
Even if
Some goodness does shine through once in a while
Satisfaction and happiness don’t last.
And it’s not true that
It’s all in the mind and heart
Because
True happiness can be attained
Only if one’s surroundings are good
It’s not true that good exists
I’m sure you can agree that
The reality
Creates
My attitude
It’s all beyond my control
And you’ll never in a million years hear me say
Today was a very good day

 

Now read it from bottom to top, the other way,
And see what I really feel about my day.

 

How To Teach Kids About Money

I use Ron’s allowance system. He shares some great wisdom around money. Money is energy and your relationship with it will determine how much or how little you will allow into your life. I’m so grateful that my daughter is learning early in life what hers can be. Thank you Ron!

In his book "The Opposite of Spoiled," Ron Lieber delivers a manifesto against silence around money in families. While well-meaning parents avoid talking about money out of concern that it is impolite, impolitic or age inappropriate, he makes the inverse case -- that building family conversations around money is one of the best ways we can teach kids great values.