Nice Things You Can Do

Here's a simple idea to participate in an act of random kindness:

Pay for the coffee for the person behind you at Starbucks (or your provider of choice for such beverages). It's happened at various places throughout the country, it makes people's day, and it often ispires them to do the same.

The Story

A regular customer with a well-established penchant for "paying ahead" for the vehicle behind her in the drive-through line had set off a chain reaction, fueled first by a cheerfully zealous barista and then reinforced by ever-expanding media coverage. By Thursday afternoon, more than 800 customers had joined the store's "chain of cheer..."