Dare #10 - RAKs

A lovely friend did a DRAK for me last week. She made and delivered me a meal...mains and a dessert. She said she wanted to give my 'pregnant self' a break. So kind and thoughtful. And so yummy! And so nice having a meal that I didn't have to plan and cook...I could just heat and enjoy!

Random Acts of Kindness have been requested by a few different people as dares on this page. So....I am listening!

April is going to be RAK month, but even more than that, we are going to be incorporating DELIBERATE RAKs.

Often the opportunity to do a RAK for someone rears its beautiful head and we can spontaneously show thoughtfulness and kindness. But I would like to encourage everyone to plan and carry out at least one RAK each week in April. No, I dare you to do a deliberate RAK each week in April...that's 4, maybe 5. I think you can handle it.

I will be suggesting 3 DRAKs each week for you...some 'borrowed' and some original, if I can stretch my brain that far. I dare you to accept at least one of the dares each week, as well as trying to come up with and carry out your own RAKs. Would love to hear what you choose and do....so leave a note on the blog or our FB page 'I Dare You' and no! I won't think you are blowing your own trumpet.

I found a great website http://www.randomactsofkindness.org that lists a mega number of RAK possibilities so for extra reading, I dare you to check it out sometime this week.

Let's get this show on the road....
Suggestions for DRAKs for week 1 of April:

1. It's a holiday today, so spend some of your free time in the kitchen. Bake some cupcakes or biscuits or something else yummy and then deliver them tomorrow to someone as a DRAK. Maybe share around at work, or school. Maybe give to a charity or service you appreciate. Maybe pass on to friends in need of a little cheering up.

2. Costing even less than a batch of biscuits, have a go at Random Acts of 'Love Notes'...see this page for more. You can go the whole hog and link into their social media or just do it....and post a picture on I Dare You on Facebook.

3. Do an act of service for someone this week....at home, work, school, a club, at the shops.... Ideas might include: return their trolley, clean the toilets, clean up the lunch room, carry the teacher's bag/box, tackle someone else's chores.... Feel free to make more suggestions.

Okay so away you go...start on April 1 and go for it this month - I dare you!

"We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness."  - Charlie Chaplin

Blessings -
Kirsty