About #TheKindnessJar
My name is Malloy and I'm 86. I'm in hospital because I fell and broke my femur. I've been a bit flat because of COVID19 and because I can't do what I want to do and because I am in pain.
I started #TheKindnessJar because I need to focus on the good things and the good people in my life - and because Catherine told me it might help. I'm going to write a note about kindness every day for a month. I want to feel more hopeful about my future (which changed since the fall) - that's why I'm doing the jar. Maybe the jar will also help you to feel hope; you can do it with me.
You can read more about my story here.
I started #TheKindnessJar because I need to focus on the good things and the good people in my life - and because Catherine told me it might help. I'm going to write a note about kindness every day for a month. I want to feel more hopeful about my future (which changed since the fall) - that's why I'm doing the jar. Maybe the jar will also help you to feel hope; you can do it with me.
You can read more about my story here.
How to participate
- Take an empty jar
- Make a label that says: The Kindness Jar
- When you experience kindness - write it on a piece of paper and put the paper in the jar
- When you do an act of kindness - also write it on paper and put the paper in the jar
- When you are feeling a bit flat - empty the jar and read the notes, to remember the kindness that there is in the world and to remember that it is going to be okay
- Keep writing the notes for a month - to help make it a habit (you don't have to stop)
- Please share your notes with the Kindness Pandemic to help give other people hope.
Other ideas
Fill the jar every evening as a family - help children reflect on kindness in families and the community. Pin the notes to your fridge. Make a collage or a patchwork quilt. Share photos.
Gallery
Here are some of the notes I've put in my jar. I would love you to share yours. You can email them to the Kindness Pandemic at: info@thekindnesspandemic.org or share them into the Kindness Pandemic Facebook group - if you use the hashtag #TheKindnessJar that will help me to find your post.
Contact us
For more information contact
- Dr Catherine Barrett 0429 582 237 or director@celebrateageing.org