Oct. 10 - Candy Bar Kindness
Day 282 of a year of kindness
Kindness is contagious, which is why I get discouraged when people tell me that they don’t want to share their kind acts publicly. They worry it seems “braggy.” But I think it’s a public service. When you talk about kindness, you give people ideas, and encourage them to be kind. And if more people are kind, the whole world benefits.
A good example of this is the candy bar kindness. Sue Beach Dyl shared it on my $10 Kindness Club group on Facebook. The candy bar kindness happens when you check out at the grocery store and ask the cashier about their favorite candy bar. You nonchalantly add it to your groceries. After they ring you up, you surprise them by handing them their favorite candy bar. It makes everyone happy.
On May 28 I posted that I gave a Snickers to a cashier named Walter. Since then, four of my friends have committed the candy bar kindness. Tonight was no exception. I got a text from Julie Mahoney.
“I just did the candy thing at the checkout,” she wrote. “Felt pretty good.”
“Awww. What was their fave candy?” I replied.
“Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. So, I got the 4 pack.”
This is why I believe people should share their kindness. Sue Beach Dyl shared the idea, I posted about doing it, and others were inspired to do the same. As a result, there are a lot of cashiers feeling appreciated - including one in Illinois who will enjoy a lot of Reese’s Peanut Butter cups tonight. And while this may be small, I know that small acts of kindness can snowball into much bigger ones.
Science of Kindness: Science reveals that when someone does something kind, it makes the recipient happy. When the recipient is happy it boosts their mood. The emotional uplift can inspire them to pay it forward creating a chain reaction of kindness. #bekind #kindessmatters #bekind #KindnessCounts #KindnessCounts2025
