{"id":10413,"date":"2012-02-05T07:00:57","date_gmt":"2012-02-05T13:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=10413"},"modified":"2012-04-13T10:29:15","modified_gmt":"2012-04-13T15:29:15","slug":"operation-intentional-kindness-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/operation-intentional-kindness-week-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation Intentional #Kindness: February Missions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I hope you are having a lot of fun with Operation Intentional #Kindness. I’ve noticed that not only have I been more intentional in showing kindness, but I’ve also appreciated it even more when others have shown me kindness, too, in both big and little ways.<\/p>\n

Last week a gentleman stood in the rain to hold the door for me, even though I was pretty far away when he started holding the door. I loved that. Simple things like that go a long way with me.<\/p>\n

In January I had surgery for my very first time. I decided to bring donuts for the medical teams and taped a thank you note<\/a> onto my chart that would stay with me in the OR. My husband thought it was a bit over the top, but I wanted everyone to know how much I appreciated the fact that they were there looking after me.<\/p>\n

What about you? Tell me how your January went as you shared kindness. And let me know what you think of the assignments for February:<\/p>\n

(Pick 3 of the five to do this month.)<\/p>\n

This month’s assignments for Operation Intentional #Kindness are:<\/h2>\n
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  1. Write a real letter or card (on paper, email does not count) to someone just to say hello and share something positive.<\/li>\n
  2. Buy a giftcard while dining out ($5 to $50 or more… your call!) and give it to someone at a different table. Or, bring an additional coupon and share it with a diner you do not know.<\/li>\n
  3. Tip way more than normal at a restaurant, hair or nail salon or any place tipping is acceptable.<\/li>\n
  4. Don’t talk on the phone while buying something at a store. Instead hang up when it is your turn (or don’t accept a call), look the cashier in the eye, smile, pay a compliment and say thank you when you leave. (Even if he or she was a little cranky.)<\/li>\n
  5. Greet your kids with a warm smile when you see them after school and\/or when you first see them in the morning. Do the same thing with your spouse first thing in the morning and when he returns from work in the evening.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Remember, you only have to choose three assignments to do each month, but you are always welcome to do more.<\/p>\n

    Thanks for joining in and sharing kindness with those around you!<\/p>\n

    To learn more about Operation Intentional #Kindness, or to get the code to place the button on your own site, please click over to the introductory post of Operation Intentional #Kindness<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    And, as always, please let me know how this mission is going for you or share more ideas for intentional kindness in the comments….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I hope you are having a lot of fun with Operation Intentional #Kindness. I’ve noticed that not only have I been more intentional in showing kindness, but I’ve also appreciated it even more when others have shown me kindness, too, in both big and little ways. Last week a gentleman stood in the rain to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[400],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-operation-intentional-kindness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10413"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11118,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10413\/revisions\/11118"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}