Yesterday I saw a meme on Facebook that said: "Happiness does not start with the things you do but with the things you think."  The person who posted it asked if people agreed.  Most people said yes, I the Happiness Coach, said no!  I said in fact: "No, very often doing something kind, whether you feel like it or not, can help change the way you are thinking. I think it often starts with doing. The doing can effect others around you too."  Actually just thinking happy thoughts can backfire on you and make you wonder why you aren't happier when you are trying so hard. 

Happiness can be very illusive when it is what you are seeking.  However, when you are acting kindly towards others, or getting lost in a cause larger than yourself, it can sneak right up on you. 

Also yesterday one of my friends posted a video that exemplifies this very well.  He was bullied and measurable. He turned his life around by practicing a very simple act of kindness consistently everyday, I am sure even when he didn't feel like it, especially when he first started and others just thought he was strange.  

Please watch this video to see the power of simple acts of kindness changing lives in action. 

I did not intend to post twice today, but after what I just read, I had to.

I just launched this web site yesterday, what didn’t know was that yesterday was also Kindness Matters Day, a day dedicated to the memory of a young man named Peyton, a boy who tragically took his own life because of bullying.  

My emotions are all in knots because my experience of being bullied in school is so similar to his, except that I survived.  As you can see on my About page, I had more that I survived too. 

My goal now is to leave a legacy of kindness.  It is for myself, Payton, and millions of others.  

ALL people want to be happy, let’s teach them that kindness creates happiness!


I hope that you will join in this cause and help spread kindness.

More information on Payton and the importance of kindness can be found at: Kindness Matters