On Kindness

I took these photos a few weeks ago, no guarantees of what it looks like now.

This is a wonderful story I saw in the newspaper recently. 'Stranger pays $5K to reunite Kimbo the dog with his family' is the caption. 'Kimbo the dog was lost in August and ended up being adopted. When Kimbo's family discovered that he had been adopted out his adoptive family did not want to return him. Lawrence Dalle Vedove offered $5000 to the adoptive family to release the dog.'

Then the next day this follow up story appeared in the paper. 'Hero who paid to return stranger’s dog rewarded for generosity'. Expedia Canada gave him a free trip to Australia and the family who lost their dog started up a crowd fund which promises to amass more than the original $5000. Any excess will be donated to an animal welfare organization.

Red Velvet Cookies

Daughter L went to a party on the weekend and made these red velvet cookies to take with her. They were baked with cream cheese icing in the middle and were moist and delicious. She drizzled melted white chocolate chips for the topping.

The February 2014 issue of Chatelaine Magazine has an article in the health section that says "simple acts of kindness increase joy and reduce social anxiety". 
So in my mind, it's actually being selfish to be kind. It can be just giving someone a well meant compliment, or just saying hello. Then you get this boost of well-being.  How about that?