{"id":7067088,"date":"2026-09-26T04:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T04:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/activist\/kindness-activist-kindness-rejections\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T04:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T04:00:06","slug":"kindness-activist-kindness-rejections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7067088","title":{"rendered":"Kindness Activist: Kindness Rejections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body-8871856503718261943\" itemprop=\"description articleBody\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Last night we had the virtual<br \/>\nmonthly meeting of the Kindness Book Club (yes, there is a Kindness Book<br \/>\nClub!!).<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">We are reading a book called \u201cA<br \/>\nYear of Living Kindly\u201d by Donna Cameron.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The book is split into 12 sections, which makes it perfect to meet<br \/>\nmonthly to discuss.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Our topic this meeting was<br \/>\n\u201cResistance to Kindness\u201d.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">If you have<br \/>\nnever sat down to ponder it (or read Ms. Cameron\u2019s book), you might not have<br \/>\nconsidered that there are, indeed, barriers and resistance to kindness.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">And that resistance applies in both<br \/>\ndirections \u2013 in GIVING and in RECEIVING kindness.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">It was an interesting read<br \/>\nand even better to talk about with the other group members.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>The author examined the topic from several<br \/>\nangles.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>For example, let\u2019s say someone<br \/>\npays you a compliment.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Compliments are<br \/>\nKINDNESS in action.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>The book quotes another<br \/>\nauthor, Dr. Dale Turner, who said, \u201cWhen someone gives you a compliment in<br \/>\nwords, don\u2019t disagree or minimize what he said, for words are gifts, too.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Accept them gracefully, even if you don\u2019t<br \/>\nthink you deserve them\u2026<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>A compliment is<br \/>\na gift not to be thrown away carelessly unless you want to hurt the giver\u201d.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Oh my \u2013 that shines a<br \/>\ndifferent light on my (and many other females\u2019) often instant reaction to compliments.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cSusan \u2013 your outfit is so cute today!\u201d a<br \/>\nfriend might say.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>To which I may<br \/>\nrespond, \u201cOh, this?<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>I got it free from a<br \/>\nneighbor.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>It doesn\u2019t really fit me that<br \/>\ngreat\u2026\u201d.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Or if someone compliments my<br \/>\nwork as an interpreter.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cHey, you were<br \/>\namazing interpreting that meeting.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>It went<br \/>\nso smoothly, and your word choices were terrific\u201d.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>To which I often say things like, \u201cOh thanks\u2026<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>But ugh.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/span>I could not think of the English word for that sign.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>I felt like I was fumbling trying to piece<br \/>\nthat one sentence together\u2026\u201d or some other derogatory comment about my own<br \/>\nwork.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">When I (when WE) do that,<br \/>\nwe unconsciously offend the compliment giver.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/span>In a sense, we take the beautifully wrapped compliment they handed us,<br \/>\nshake the box around a bit, and hand the present right back to them.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Rude, right?<o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Another chapter talked<br \/>\nabout how no kindness is ever too small, and that we should be on the look-out<br \/>\nfor \u201cTNT\u201ds \u2013 Tiny Noticeable Things.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/span>They are the small bits of kindness that are scattered throughout our<br \/>\nday that many of us are too busy to notice.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/span>TNTs are not big, grand gestures.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/span>They are the opposite \u2013 little things that we can do (or receive) that,<br \/>\nif we notice them, can make the world a better place.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Because, you see, these TNTs <i>add up<\/i>.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>One smile from a stranger.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>One wave from a child on a bus.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>One person holding the door\u2026<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Tiny thing compounded with another tiny thing<br \/>\nadded to yet another tiny thing\u2026<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Until,<br \/>\nif we are observant, they are not TINY anymore, but they have grown into a<br \/>\ngreat big blob of kindness!<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">But the chapter that held<br \/>\nmy attention most was the one about the phenomenon of people REJECTING the<br \/>\nkindness that we offer them.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Oh, that<br \/>\nsubject hit home with me!<o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">We often have our efforts<br \/>\nrejected in our work with Kindness Activist.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/span>That is something I didn\u2019t expect when I set out on this adventure.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>I guess I subconsciously just assumed that if<br \/>\nwe were to <b>OFFER<\/b> kindness to someone, they would of course <b>ACCEPT<\/b><br \/>\nit.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>But I have learned that is not the<br \/>\ncase\u2026<o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The people in grocery stores who refuse to let us pay<br \/>\nfor their order.<o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The people in cars at the red light who won\u2019t roll<br \/>\ndown their windows when we smile and hold up a sign saying HAPPY PI DAY and try<br \/>\nto give them a pie.<o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The strangers who refuse to make eye contact, let<br \/>\nalone return my greeting, when I smile and say hello to them.<o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">People reject kindness<br \/>\noften.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>That\u2019s why when I talk with<br \/>\ngroups about Kindness Activist, I often say you have to be willing to fail at<br \/>\ngiving kindness.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>You have to have thick<br \/>\nskin to be kind.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>You have to be<br \/>\nbrave!<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In \u201cA Year of Living<br \/>\nKindly\u201d, the author talks about how once the kindness we have offered is<br \/>\nrejected by someone, it may make it difficult for us to try again the next<br \/>\ntime.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>We may hesitate.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>After all, no one likes feeling scorned.<o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">I know that this is true<br \/>\nin our kindness work.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>I recall times<br \/>\nwhen we offered to pay for someone\u2019s groceries and they said no (usually it is<br \/>\na polite no, but a no none the less).<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>It\u2019s<br \/>\nso awkward!!<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>We are literally standing<br \/>\nright next to them.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Where do we move<br \/>\nto?<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>What do we say?<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>What do we do??<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><i>AWKWARD<\/i>!<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">What we <i>usually<\/i> do<br \/>\nis walk away (feeling embarrassed).<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>We<br \/>\nre-group.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>And we look for another person<br \/>\nto be kind to.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Only, once we have failed<br \/>\nat giving kindness, we are not as eager to get back on the horse and try again\u2026<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>I come up with LOTS of excuses in my<br \/>\nhead.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cOh, that person will not accept<br \/>\nif we offer \u2013 they have quite a lot of groceries and they will think it is too<br \/>\nmuch money\u2026\u201d.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>And, \u201cOh, let\u2019s not ask <b>that<\/b><br \/>\nman.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Men always say no!\u201d (which is a gross<br \/>\novergeneralization, but honestly, men do reject our offers of kindness more often<br \/>\nthan women do).<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>I am embarrassed to<br \/>\nadmit that we have sometimes given up and just left the store after being rejected.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>(We always try again another time, but I feel<br \/>\nmore trepidatious and less excited\u2026)<o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">I tell you about these<br \/>\nfailures because I wanted to share a story of something that happened just<br \/>\ntoday.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>I failed at kindness today.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>But I didn\u2019t give up this time!<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>And I think that is because we had talked<br \/>\nabout this very topic at book club last night.<o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This morning, I saw a post<br \/>\nin a large Facebook group called \u201cArlington Neighbors Helping Each Other\u201d, a<br \/>\ngroup that has 51,600 members.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>A woman wrote<br \/>\nexplaining that she had taken down her previous post because of the mean<br \/>\nspirited, negative comments that were made on it.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">I had not seen the original<br \/>\npost, but could surmise from comments on the newer one that it had been about<br \/>\nwarning neighbors of a potentially dangerous situation at a local school.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>The woman felt attacked by some commenters,<br \/>\nso much so that she cried at work.<o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">I felt angry.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>I was mad that people felt emboldened to<br \/>\nattack her for what she had said, especially in a group literally named \u201cNeighbors<br \/>\n<i>Helping<\/i> Each Other\u201d.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">But after I got mad, I<br \/>\ncommented.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>I told her that I was sorry<br \/>\npeople had been mean and disrespectful to her.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/span>And I asked her to please check her messages because I was writing to<br \/>\nher.<o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Because\u2026<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">I realized that this sad<br \/>\nsituation presented a perfect opportunity for KINDNESS!<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">I wrote: \u201cHi there. I just saw your post in<br \/>\nthe Arlington Neighbors page. I didn&#8217;t see the deleted post, but I want to say<br \/>\nthat I&#8217;m sorry people were nasty and mean.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">I used to think our town was somehow different and that hatred wouldn&#8217;t<br \/>\nget here, but sadly it has.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">I founded<br \/>\nand run a non-profit called Kindness Activist. We exist to spread kindness. I<br \/>\nknow it&#8217;s not much, and it&#8217;s not like it will change the world, but we would<br \/>\nlove to treat you to lunch today. We can have something delivered.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">I was excited to see when<br \/>\nshe had read the message.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>But then her<br \/>\nrejection of my kindness popped in\u2026<o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cHi Susan! Thank you for<br \/>\nreaching out! I really appreciate the offer, but maybe that lunch can be given<br \/>\nto someone more in need! I think with everything going on it just makes me sad.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u2026The comments on the post just got to me.\u201d<o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Dang!<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Rejection.<o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Only, because we had<br \/>\ntalked through this very topic last night, I decided to give it one more<br \/>\nshot.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Yes, I was a bit embarrassed and I<br \/>\ndidn\u2019t want to seem like I was groveling.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/span>And maybe it was easier to try a 2<sup>nd<\/sup> time because this was<br \/>\nover a keyboard and not standing next to her at a restaurant\u2026<o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">So, I said, \u201cOur<br \/>\nphilosophy is that EVERYONE deserves kindness! <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span>Some of our work is needs based, but some is<br \/>\nwhat we like to call &#8220;magic based&#8221;. We would love to gift you lunch<br \/>\nif you are open to it, just to add a tiny ray of sunshine to your crappy day.\u201d<o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">She read my message.<o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">She seemed to think about<br \/>\nit for a moment\u2026<o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">AND THEN SHE ACCEPTED!<o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">It worked!<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Being brave enough to offer a 2<sup>nd<\/sup><br \/>\ntime (with more explanation) gave her the opportunity to accept the gift.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>I was so happy!<o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">She told me her order, I<br \/>\nplaced it via UberEats, and a short while later I presume she was sitting down<br \/>\nand eating that tasty lunch.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">I share this story to<br \/>\nremind you to be kind.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Even when it is hard.<o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Even when you get<br \/>\nrejected.<o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Even if it seems like it<br \/>\nis a teeny tiny kindness that certainly can\u2019t really make a difference\u2026<o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Because acts of kindness<br \/>\nDO make a difference.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">One grand act of kindness<br \/>\nat a time.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Loads of tiny of acts of<br \/>\nkindness.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">They.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Make.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Difference.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">WE can make a<br \/>\ndifference.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><o:p\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">We can, as this sweet kid artist told us on this sign, &#8220;Make the world a better plase.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgy1iTzInZLvy5S5xaaFOpe4ZnnTRqhcQkoeOtHsU1nJoAKdBPGiT63tIpSQvBFyNXDBU_M1K8ad24FdZDZVGZ-Y1cvnaFq6ER3BNzYku_6THZIHVddPrLswGgL1Kh0m9bbeIPz5GijnFnWKgevsbS0G1jvZ30_9kZOjjEJELokm1fDjhcVp-YJD74ZxKKR\/s3222\/make%20the%20world%20a%20better%20plase%20kid%20art.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1426\" data-original-width=\"3222\" height=\"284\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgy1iTzInZLvy5S5xaaFOpe4ZnnTRqhcQkoeOtHsU1nJoAKdBPGiT63tIpSQvBFyNXDBU_M1K8ad24FdZDZVGZ-Y1cvnaFq6ER3BNzYku_6THZIHVddPrLswGgL1Kh0m9bbeIPz5GijnFnWKgevsbS0G1jvZ30_9kZOjjEJELokm1fDjhcVp-YJD74ZxKKR\/w640-h284\/make%20the%20world%20a%20better%20plase%20kid%20art.jpg\" width=\"640\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night we had the virtual monthly meeting of the Kindness Book Club (yes, there is a Kindness Book Club!!).\u00a0 We are reading a book called \u201cA Year of Living Kindly\u201d by Donna Cameron.\u00a0 The book is split into 12 sections, which makes it perfect to meet monthly to discuss. Our topic this meeting was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7067089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12022],"tags":[11364,15232,71214],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-7067088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activist","tag-activist","tag-kindness","tag-rejections"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kindness Activist: Kindness Rejections - Som2ny Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7067088\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kindness Activist: Kindness Rejections - Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Last night we had the virtual monthly meeting of the Kindness Book Club (yes, there is a Kindness Book Club!!).\u00a0 We are reading a book called \u201cA Year of Living Kindly\u201d by Donna Cameron.\u00a0 The book is split into 12 sections, which makes it perfect to meet monthly to discuss. Our topic this meeting was [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7067088\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-09-26T04:00:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/make20the20world20a20better20plase20kid20art.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"8 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7067088#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7067088\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371\"},\"headline\":\"Kindness Activist: Kindness Rejections\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-26T04:00:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7067088\"},\"wordCount\":1606,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7067088#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/make20the20world20a20better20plase20kid20art.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"activist\",\"Kindness\",\"Rejections\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Activist\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7067088#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7067088\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7067088\",\"name\":\"Kindness Activist: Kindness Rejections - Som2ny Network\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7067088#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7067088#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/make20the20world20a20better20plase20kid20art.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-26T04:00:06+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7067088#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7067088\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7067088#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/make20the20world20a20better20plase20kid20art.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/make20the20world20a20better20plase20kid20art.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7067088#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?bp_activities=1\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kindness Activist: Kindness Rejections\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/\",\"name\":\"Som2ny Network\",\"description\":\"Daily Deals\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Som2ny Network\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":86,\"caption\":\"Som2ny Network\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kindness Activist: Kindness Rejections - Som2ny Network","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7067088","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kindness Activist: Kindness Rejections - Som2ny Network","og_description":"Last night we had the virtual monthly meeting of the Kindness Book Club (yes, there is a Kindness Book Club!!).\u00a0 We are reading a book called \u201cA Year of Living Kindly\u201d by Donna Cameron.\u00a0 The book is split into 12 sections, which makes it perfect to meet monthly to discuss. Our topic this meeting was [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7067088","og_site_name":"Som2ny Network","article_published_time":"2026-09-26T04:00:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/make20the20world20a20better20plase20kid20art.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"8 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7067088#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7067088"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371"},"headline":"Kindness Activist: Kindness Rejections","datePublished":"2026-09-26T04:00:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7067088"},"wordCount":1606,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7067088#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/make20the20world20a20better20plase20kid20art.jpg","keywords":["activist","Kindness","Rejections"],"articleSection":["Activist"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7067088#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7067088","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7067088","name":"Kindness Activist: Kindness Rejections - Som2ny Network","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7067088#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7067088#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/make20the20world20a20better20plase20kid20art.jpg","datePublished":"2026-09-26T04:00:06+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7067088#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7067088"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7067088#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/make20the20world20a20better20plase20kid20art.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/make20the20world20a20better20plase20kid20art.jpg","width":1200,"height":630},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7067088#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?bp_activities=1"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kindness Activist: Kindness Rejections"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/","name":"Som2ny Network","description":"Daily Deals","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization","name":"Som2ny Network","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png","width":300,"height":86,"caption":"Som2ny Network"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/fivemor.com"],"url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7067088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7067088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7067088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7067089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7067088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7067088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7067088"},{"taxonomy":"dealstore","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fdealstore&post=7067088"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fofferexpiration&post=7067088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}