One Kind Act a Day Can Change the World

As the Apostle of Appreciation, you can imagine how honored I was when invited to speak at the first ever “Kindness Summit” this year in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was wonderful to be with a group of people last week who are dedicated to making our world more kind in personal interactions, business, education and politics. If there is one thing we can all use more of today it is kindness. So when my dear friend Curtis Bennett , who is the Executive Director of the foundation, asked, the only possible answer was a resounding yes!

One kind act a day is the passion of the group’s founder, Khosrow Semnani, whose vision is to create a world where we listen more, value each other more, and treat each other with more respect and dignity. He believes that kindness is the way forward and I could not agree more.

?Khosrow said, “Kindness has incredible power. Our world, our communities, our families, and even our personal health will benefit from the smallest acts of Kindness.” Amen.

The movement has started in Utah and the founder hopes to take it nationwide and even globally. As you travel through the state you can often see billboards like this.

Even lawn signs are popping up as people and their families take the pledge to be more kind. By taking the pledge you are joining a community of kindness, those committed to performing one kind act every day. If you take the pledge, you’re taking an important step toward better health, deeper relationships, and making the world a kinder, happier place. I hope you will join me and this wonderful movement to make our communities a better place to live through kindness.

What inspired me even more was that this movement doesn’t stop with families and friends, the pledge is extending to schools and businesses. I saw elementary schools engaging in the kindness pledge, and businesses jumping on board as well. I even saw the pledge affecting politics, where we seem to be more divided than ever. Yet Utah politicians showed up to pledge their support to the effort. The Democratic mayor of Salt Lake City was at the conference, encouraging more civil dialogue. The Republican lieutenant governor of Utah was also there. The Governor had declared April 12, 2023, to be the official “One Kind Act A Day Day.” Isn’t that wonderful? The president of the University of Utah, Taylor Randall, also was in attendance, and he wants to make his school the educational epicenter of kindness. You have to love that!

So my question is this: are you willing to join the movement of kindness at home, at work, at school, and even when you talk politics with your friends? Will you take the pledge?

If we can all just be a little more kind, I agree with Khosrow that we can change the world. Are you in? Let’s change the world together!

Love + gratitude,

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