Talk about it, talk about it, talk about it...

I've been talking a lot. A lot about my project. I'm finding that talking about it is an amazing adventure in its self. Each person I share the project with ask to take a card. I'm finding that giving cards away is  almost more exciting than leaving them in random places.

Sharing my idea with people has stimulated some amazing conversations. I'm so excited to hear people's thoughts and views on kindness. Those who take a card have all asked:  once I complete my dare what do you want me to write about?

If you have a card or find a card you can write anything about your kindness dare. How did it make you feel? What challenges did you face? How did the other person react? Did you learn anything from the experience?

I want to hear and share your stories. We are all connnected, we just need to be rinsed every on e in a while.

How will "Dare to be kind" work?

I plan for dare to be kind to be an experiment in kindness and bravery.

I've written out 20 cards with dares on them. All of the dares are related to kindness. For example, "I dare you to compliment a stranger" or " I dare you to bring someone flowers."

I'll then place the cards in random places around the Richmond, VA area. The cards have instructions to share the results of the kindness dare at the following email address and blog:

• Email: kindnessdares@gmail.com
• Blog: daretobekind.blogspot.com

Once I begin to receive stories, I'll start posting them on the blog to spread the word and acknowledge the bravery of complete strangers.

I've never been more excited about something in my whole life. All the cards have been written and will be released in to the world this week.

I have an idea, a big idea!

If my car could talk it probably would tell you  I am kind of weird. It might also tell you that I'm funny, I cry a lot, I drive like every thing is an emergency and I come up with some pretty cool ideas.I was driving in my car when I came up with my latest creative epiphany.

Things have been rough lately. My mom is sick with cancer, work is stressful and I'm adjusting to a new apartment. I sometimes get so overwhelmed I don't know which direction is up. It's nothing I can't handle, but with all the insanity I've been dealing with I really need something I can focus positive energy on.

So it was in my car where I started thinking "What can I do that is just good?". I did a lot of thinking  about kindness. I concluded that to be kind it takes a lot of reminding and a lot of bravery. I got stuck on the bravery thing. To be kind you do have to be brave. You never know how the other person will react. You may  feel awkward smiling at a stranger, or giving someone a compliment. You may feel like no one is kind so therefore you should not be either. You have to face your fears and just do it. You have to dare yourself to be kind.

Dare yourself to be kind. Dare to be kind. That's it, that's my thing. Dare to be kind is my big idea!

When it hit me I let out a little scream of joy and I cried. I told you already I cry a lot. I cried because I was so happy I finally have found something I can focus on.  Something happy, something joyful, something brave. I cried because I knew I was finding peace in all the chaos that had hit me over the past few weeks.