{"id":2174,"date":"2015-10-07T12:50:59","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T17:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/larakrupicka.com\/?p=2174"},"modified":"2015-10-07T12:50:59","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T17:50:59","slug":"october-bucket-list-life-dare-random-acts-of-kindness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/larakrupicka.com\/staging\/6885\/2015\/10\/07\/october-bucket-list-life-dare-random-acts-of-kindness\/","title":{"rendered":"October Bucket List Life Dare: Random Acts of Kindness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re into a new month already, which means it&#8217;s time for another bucket list life dare. This month is about taking action on those kind, uplifting ideas you&#8217;ve had for making another person&#8217;s day better.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/larakrupicka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/October-2015-Bucket-List-Life-Dare.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2177\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/larakrupicka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/October-2015-Bucket-List-Life-Dare-200x300.jpg?resize=300%2C450\" alt=\"October 2015 Bucket List Life Dare\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a>One of my struggles is in making the shift from being a person who <em>wants<\/em> to be more generous, thoughtful, and kind, to actually <em>acting<\/em> that way more often. I&#8217;ll think to myself, <em>I should send a card to so-and-so to let them know I&#8217;m thinking of them or praying for them.<\/em> And then a day goes by, and a week. And nothing happens. I forget until I&#8217;ve lost the inspiration or prime opportunity\u00a0to do it.<\/p>\n<p>Or I hear someone&#8217;s reaction to having their Starbuck&#8217;s drive-through order paid for by the person in front of them. I don&#8217;t think, <em>I wish someone would pay for my order<\/em>. Because that&#8217;s not what excites me about these stories. What I think is, <em>I should do that someday<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Well, just like my other Bucket List Life Dares (which you can find collected on the <a href=\"http:\/\/larakrupicka.com\/?page_id=2154\" target=\"_blank\">Bucket List Life Dare <\/a>page), the purpose of this month&#8217;s dare is to help us make <em>someday<\/em> happen now. In October.<\/p>\n<p>So while there may be an official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.randomactsofkindness.org\/rak-week\" target=\"_blank\">Random Act of Kindness Week<\/a>, I&#8217;m challenging us to make\u00a0random acts of kindness happen\u00a0this month. Why? Because I think collectively we could pad the lists of things others will be thankful for this month if we get out there and shower the world with kindness. And I&#8217;ll bet we&#8217;ll have more to be grateful for too.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t have a particular idea in mind for my own response to this dare. Instead, I am preparing myself to seize the moment when it comes. One thing I&#8217;ve learned in my adventures\u00a0in bucket list living\u00a0is that when you focus your attention on something &#8211; in this case, finding a random act of kindness to commit &#8211; you&#8217;ll be poised to recognize it when it presents itself. So\u00a0I&#8217;m ready!<\/p>\n<p>How about you? Are you game to join this month&#8217;s Bucket List Life Dare? Is there a Random Act of Kindness on your Bucket List? Or is simply the action of committing a RAK on your list? 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