The Invisible Kindness Challenge

A friend recently posted the attached YouTube video on her Facebook page. Besides making me happy and filling me with joy, the video got me thinking. What do I do to enhance other’s lives without the need for any recognition or validation? How do I express my love and support for others with no need for reciprocation?

These are important questions to ask ourselves because their answer indicates how well we feed our spirit. Unrecognized gestures of kindness and good are really the demonstrative quality in the expression of personal gratitude. When we do, give, or support others for no other reason than we can, or the opportunity has presented itself, then our truest nature as unconditionally loving beings becomes nurtured. That true nature, and its twin gratitude, is the sustenance of our souls.

If you don’t believe me, or have no idea what I’m talking about, then take the Invisible Kindness Challenge. Here is how it works:

Step 1: On a scale from 1-5, with 1 being equal to little and 5 being equal to a great deal, rate the following

• Your level of overall serenity today


• Your level of overall happiness today


• Your present feelings of gratitude

Step 2: Commit to doing one random act of kindness every day for seven consecutive days. Each act must be done anonymously and must differ from kind gestures you’ve done frequently in the past. The gesture can be small or grandiose in nature. It’s up to you, and the benefits won’t change with the degree of generosity.

Step 3: Repeat step one on the eighth day.

I can guarantee you that the simple act of giving and supporting others just once a day for a week will increase your overall serenity, happiness, and gratitude…the seat of your soul. Are you ready to take the challenge?