Random act of kindness
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A random act of kindness or RAoK is a selfless act performed by kind people to either help or cheer up a random stranger, for no reason other than to make people happier. Either spontaneous or planned in advance, RAoKs are encouraged by various communities.
An oft-cited example of a random act of kindness is, when paying the toll at a toll booth on a highway, to pay the toll for the car behind you as well.
The second week of February is Random Act of Kindness week.
The phrase is a modification, or mangling, of "Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty", coined by Anne Herbert, as well as a play on the phrase "random act of violence".
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[edit] See also
Bumper-sticker slogan
[edit] Groups and organisations
- Join Me – A collective created by Danny Wallace where the members ("Joinees") perform RAoKs.
[edit] Concepts
[edit] Popular culture
- Amélie – A film example of various random acts of kindness.
- Free Hugs Campaign – made popular by a music video on YouTube.
- Scott Mills – UK DJ on Radio 1 who used the term as the name of a feature.
[edit] External links
- RAOK ONLINE What is your wish?
- The Acts of Kindness website
- The RAOK Group
- Do Random Acts of Kindness at the University of Michigan
- Extreme Kindness.com
- Dare To Be An Angel - Random Acts of Kindness
- Join-me.co.uk - The website of the Join Me collective.
- YouTube video of Juan Mann's Free Hugs Campaign
- Staged Kindness – a related concept where people stage an act of kindness in public to encourage others to do the same and feel better about the world
