The phrase
"small kindnesses" means doing little acts of kindness or being nice to others in small ways.
Full definition
If you have an especially difficult time being on the receiving end
of small kindnesses, make more of a conscious effort to show how thankful you are.
The Christmas season is full of touchstones: Santa with the Rockettes at Radio City,
small kindnesses from strangers and boisterous shouts of, «God bless us, every one!»
When Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, decimating lives and communities, a friend gave Virginia Rivera homemade ice packs to keep the food in her fridge cold until generators arrived —
a small kindness that meant she wasn't in it alone.
Your child is probably beginning to think of her playmates as friends, and she's learning
that small kindnesses — like sharing and giving — are part of friendship.
Small kindnesses can be another way to signal liking.
We should be grateful for
that small kindness, as false as we know it to be.
These small kindnesses really help new teachers become mature, thoughtful educators who will go on to offer the same kindnesses to others.
There are births and deaths; secrets kept and exposed; livelihoods made and lost;
small kindnesses and unanticipated betrayals.
Small kindness is so powerful!
The influence of outsiders is not insignificant, because even
the smallest kindness (or unkindness) is stored.
Participating can be as simple as looking for an opportunity each day to do
a small kindness for another.