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  • I love the idea of this challenge. This is for all the people out there who want to accept this challenge who maybe don't know where to start. I want to spread kindness around the world and I started a Facebook page to do just that. It's called Daily Challenges of Kindness, and I would appreciate it if you would at least take a look at it. Every morning, a challenge of kindness is posted for you to enact throughout your day and spread love through your love. We can do this!

    Thank you so much!

  • 415 likes and growing :)

  • I WILL MAKE A VIDEO RESPONSE ABOUT THIS I WILL RUN UP TO PEOPLE AND ASK THEM WHAT THEY HAVE DONE NICE TODAY

    coming soon

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  • may all beings breathing live without fear in perfect harmony with happiness all around. thank you for posting the video.

  • Good For YOU!

  • ..in some way besides with peace and love

  • no amount of kindness will change some people who are just evil....so this is the only problem i have with the teachings of jesus...how do you defend yourself from even the smallest number of evil people, without doing some evil yourself, on some level...in the case of jesus, he was murdered by the evil people...yes he forgave them, but he was still murdered...so if you dont want to hand over THIS world to evil, i see no way to live in peace here, without resorting to dealing with evil people

  • what can good people do to stop evil in the world? do random acts of goodness? well, thats certainly what we should be doing, but surely you dont think that will end evil in the world.. heres a little imaginary example of what im saying: theres an island of 100 people...99 of them dont have a shred of evil in them, and only do kind acts to each other...1 guy, is an evil bastard...well you have a new king, unless you get rid of him, or isolate him in some way, hell hold you hostage with his evil

  • Outlaw guns is what you do..Like the rest of the world .Should seem obvious?

  • @Relative Deterrence is a mindset. If it was not firearms it would be knives, screw drivers, and baseball bats. It is well enough for peace loving legal citizens to defend themselves against those who would seek to use force to take what they want. History has shown time and time again that mass killings occured after the prohibition of firearms. It is well that you have a right to own or not own a firearm, but do not shove it down my throat, or I might shove mine down yours, and I'll win.

  • @Flayprime Hey man, chill out a little I wasn't showing it down your throat I was just saying my opinion same as you.. I dunno, all I can say is that on average in one state in one day in america there are the same amount of murders as there are in one year in the whole of the UK...

  • @Rellizate ::nod:: considering that each state is different in the USA, and that the UK is the size of the state of Kansas.... varied statistics can be bent to prove your point. No sir, my ancestors fought for the right to be free from tyranny. In this country it will never happen again, I will never give up my firearms. I will be a criminal before I throw down The Constitution of the USA and turn in my firearms.

  • @Flayprime Yeah each state is different, with Nevada being the most dangerous. Again, I wasn't telling you to "lay down your killing weapons" I was just saying my opinion..

  • @Rellizate Defense is a right. Your opinion would fall under that I am sure....or would you allow someone to saw your head off and shank you like a cow at a slaughter house. There are multitudes of things that can be used as weapons, will you outlaw them all? The stats I mentioned in the UK are not firearms, keep in mind. Those are knifings stranglings and all sorts of deeply "personal" attacks. Firearms are indiscriminate and usually used at range, hence they are less personal.

  • @Flayprime Yeah I would probably say that defence is a right.. I wouldn't outlaw everything that could be used as weapons because that's ridiculous. However, I would outlaw things which are only used for weapons; such as guns, rocket launchers, tanks, grenades.. I wouldn't allow someone to saw my head off; but nobody that I know even know of has been in a situatino like this. If this isn't the same as for you, then my point is even more relevant;as you should try to keep the psycos armless

  • @Rellizate mentally ill people do not need arms of any kind, this is the reason for many states establishing requirements for gun ownership. Not too many people disagree with it either. Chances are if this guy was tested he would stand trial as a competent individual. No matter how deranged his ethos might be. Definition of the law of insanity is an unknowing compulsion that is inherent in mentally ill people. This guy planned this one. He is sane and should be thrown under the jail.

  • @Rellizate Currently the population density of the UK is 659.6 people per sq mile. The population density of the State of Kansas which is closest in land mass to the UK is 32.9 people per sq mile. Murder rates in the UK for last year were 1406.33 per 100000 people. In Kansas, Murder rates were 119 per 100000 people. These stats are projections based on info I have found and may be innacurate. Stats on firearm related deaths are not forthcoming in Kansas. These stats are estimates only.

  • Great Video! It is nice to see something positive instead of all the fear and depression spread across the news and internet anymore... Keep up the acts of kindness, you never know who or what this could change, one thing for sure is that it brings positive results!

  • i challenge you to support my will to work for food to give to others

  • This was a great video, anakin1814. The internet seems to be the worst of this still-cruel society that's floating around out there. People are so dedicated to making everyone miserable. Anonymity is achieved so easily online that people can get away with what they wouldn't get away with in person. Bottom line: thank you for offering such a sweet, hopeful message in the midst of so much meanness. I hope you don't mind if I subscribe. You're a truly good man, anakin. :)

  • Thanks for posting, anakin1814. I dig what you're saying. Kindness is its own reward. Being nice and expecting nothing in return...that's the goods. Love & Gratitude.

  • Thank you!

  • Falling away from God makes man become a god himself. Same problem Lucifer had.

  • i live in San Antonio, Tx and recently on the news there was a story about a woman who killed her 12 month old baby and she ate him. she blamed it on the "devil" saying he made her do it. they even got the father of the baby to talk w/ them and he said that the whole time she was losing her mind he was trying to get custody of the child and she never let him. and with that being said i wanna say that the world is becoming a bitter place but we can change that. <3

  • We have the power!

  • @bitchbynature1 : Yah I live by Northstar Mall ....... Sad

    

  • What you're doing is totally awesome. Hope everything goes well with it. As far as all those naysayers out there, there's a poem by Kent Keith called "The Paradoxical Commandments" that you should keep in mind. Whenever I do a good deed and someone asks me "Why?" that poem comes to mind. It's a wonderful and very inspirational poem. Keep up the good work, man.

  • I accept your challenge

  • :-)

  • i totally agree random acts of kindness is the way to go , as for random shootings i feel we need to make ppl aware that we create our own realities by how we think . we need to make ppl realize that taking drugs like prozac will not help ( many of the gunmen that cause these horific incidents were on psychotropic drugs).

  • Agreed! :)

  • Today is 'Random Acts of Kindness' day in New Zealand - 1 Sept

  • Cool!

  • Beautifully spoken and thought provoking. I am suprised by all the negative comments though but dobelieve that peace will only come with kindness. I've had a trolley full of groceries struggling to get through a carpark with 3 kids to have a stranger come and help me push it to my car. Little things CAN make a huge difference in your day. It can calm people in a moment of stress, give them a positive in their day or just make them happy. Way to go on a well articulated video worthy of a watch :)

  • Thank you!

  • What a great video! How did your challenge go? We're currently doing our own random acts of kindness by randomly selecting individuals throughout the metro Detroit community and giving them $100 dollars. Check out our latest videos and see the reactions were getting! :) Keep up the good work!!!

  • a bit random, but i just want to thank all the people on this earth who have been kind to another. all the people who anonimously donate to the impoverished, and to those who save lives...thank you.

  • It shows your character to know when to dive in head first, and when to step back and look at things objectively. But, to not run away from things that might cause us a bit of pain. Walk through it, listen, learn, love and be better for the experience of it. This is what makes a great person, a great soul and an inspiration of love and light for others to follow. Keep shining! Looking forward to more posts.

  • Thank you!!! Namaste!

  • I would like to tell you that I was quite touched by your video. The compassion,, empathy and caring you showed for the situation at hand was very much shown. But, the introspect it brought you about the world.. and the affect of such on us individually.. and as ONE. Thank you for putting up with the duality that you received after. You are better for posting it and affected others to be inspired. Kudos! on your new life changes as well. Namaste'

  • No one is behind the driver's seat. With so many random acts of violence, it's up to us to balance the equation.

  • Amen!

  • this is armand young if u have a patch and u would love to ad it to the 911 flag that im delivering to ground zero please call me at 641-351-1082 so i can tell u where to send them, i now have over 100 patches from police/fire departments/ millatery vets boy scouts girl scouts/state police/city pins/i also have over 77.000 signatures on the pole n flags i now have 89 flags on the pole also,i will b restarting my walk from plymouth indiana at the end of summer thank u armand young(bamboothewalk)

  • i recon you should rite a song post it on youtube about kindness like the nicklback song if everyone cared

  • Good idea...if only I could write music!

  • haha can you play any instrement,even if you cant its not hard to lern, ive been playing guitar for 7 years and still havnt learnt how to sing, so yea

  • I know about 2 chords on my guitar, but that's about it! LOL

  • haha o well

  • today i randomly gave people 20 $ each at school lol i worked all week for it but i dont need it

  • Right on, man! Not only does a random act of kindness change the world, but it feels great too! :D

  • Exactly!

  • hey i agree 100%

  • Kindness is a practice we all should follow...but not in traffic the rules apply Don't be nice and change the rules....it only adds confussion

  • Ha ha.

  • Beautiful video! That's exactly what we all need and exactly what I needed to hear. God bless you! Thank you.

  • Thank you!

  • You're right. God bless you!

  • Thank you!

  • We do need more kindness. People just want war. Look at the news!

  • It's a sad shame, isn't it?

  • You are inspiring! Thanks for spreading kindness.

  • Thanks!

  • and give unto others as you would give unto you )

  • Woot!

  • That is very sad... The news stories. People like you need to be news righters so there will actually be positive things in the newspaper. All this dumbed down society wants is violence and drama. We need more people like you. A simple video like this can make a huge ripple in the world like you said.

  • The ripple effect can be huge if we allow it to be. :)

  • wow, your great, I am so proud of you for making this video, I feel everything you're saying. Ripple effect. It works. Let's get to it.

    much love to you bro,

    Lu

  • Thanks! :)

  • Finally, someone's being positive

  • Thanks!

  • LET'S DO IT!!!!

  • :-)

  • Thank you! :)

  • This world really does needs as much compassion, love, and kindness as it can get.

  • It certainly can't hurt, now can it!? :)

  • dude you canceled my video response.cos its too stupid haha.anyway thx for commenting

  • your wolcome

  • Hi,

    we just gave away 25 tonnes of food ($400,000 worth) to load of different places as our latest act of random kindness check out our newest vid Urban Hunters on the Radio to get in the picture ;-)

  • AWESOME!

  • Read Join Me by Danny Wallace. Nice video

  • A few people have told me that. Thank you! :)

  • Anakin, it's a lovely idea and I'm going to try to do it. God bless you.

  • Thank you!

  • Cumguzzler, you are a filthy creature.

  • Very interesting video, i was on a long drive today and kept thinking about this vid, however....the contractions had started and my asshole was 5cm dilated, i had to take a dump and quick. So after depositing my load, i thought it would be an act of kindness for the toilet technician to admire my stool, so i kindly left it nestling in a bed of bog roll.

  • This is really touching. We have started to do this where I live and we have had

    success. The shootings were

    unfortunate and

    scary, but he

    raises tv point that not everything can be prevented.

  • Thank you! :)

  • In order to make it a better place people either need to stop with green house gasses, and other pollution and such and that wont happen so if we cant reduce the pollution lets reduce the amount of people that cause the pollution. (this video is a piece of shit and dont say the worlds not fucked because it is) tahat could be reason they do it or they could also do it because they want to simple and easy as that. people say fuck you more in there like than thank you so the ripple effect dont help

  • This video was so inspiring and wonderful to watch. I really appreciated it.

    I also recommend a truly beautiful book called The Power Of Kindness by Piero Ferrucci. It's an exhilarating read and quite motivating. It really changed my life. I definitely encourage you read it! I would love to hear what you think about it.

    Your thoughts are quite lovely. I hope more people take up your attitude.

  • Thank you so much!!

  • Fantastic video... the ripple effect is so true.Even being happy and smiling at others(a rarity unfortunately in todays world) makes such a massive difference...Thanks

  • Exactly!

  • If the country is going to be stubborn and legalise guns...then dont complain about it.

  • Hmmm. Didn't realize this was my fault.

    Thanks for watching.

  • Hmm, I am happy that I don't live in the US :s

  • Thanks for watching!

  • Simply beautiful and inspiring. sprinkle sprinkle sprinkle

  • Thank you!

  • In all my u tube life I have never seen someone relys 4 every comment when his video is featured! I mean how much time do u spend on utube?! however u inspired me with ur wieght lss and vlooging!

    man when u r like 60 u will watch this logs and laugh! u r documenting ur life now!

  • I no longer watch tv...My tv time is my youtube time now! :)

    And thank you!!

  • great video!. that dark shirt and the white shirt under it made you look like a priest.

    still i agree with you we need more kindness and understanding.

  • Yeah...I never realized it until well after this was posted AND it got featured! Trust me, I'm not a priest! LOL

    Anyway, thanks for the nice comment! :)

  • this is great... the guys and I are seeking a challenge from someone on youtube - we have certain 'special' talents (check out the vids) if you can think of a challenge then bring it on ;-)

    max respect... love it man ;-)

  • Cool!!! I will have to check out your stuff!

  • I love what you're really talking about. We need more people like you out there, and I really appreciate you making this!

    God Bless ( :

  • Thank you! It's never too late for us all to try to be better! :)

  • noob

  • ???

  • Spook says: Why does every one assume I'm a boy? Oops, sorry I said I'd leave you alone.

  • Oops! I mean girl! LOL

  • Spook says: Yes, thats exsectly what we need. More love, less hate. lol :P :D I might be sending you a video response! At least I hope.

  • Very cool! The more vids we put up about this, the more the word gets out! :)

  • Spook says: I try my best! Now what I'm I going to do? Hmmm, this may take a while.

  • No rush. And if you don't, you don't. Just try to be nicer...that's something we can all do! :)

  • Spook says: There couldn't be truer words. ;P I'll leave you alone now.

  • It's cool man. Nothing wrong with talking about peace and love bro! :)

  • This is a much needed video... I wish everyone who came here could watch this, and understand... Good show anakin1814!

  • Thank you! :)

  • YES!!! If we could get a tenth of the world to think like you, we would see a huge change. It's hard for people to stay mad at someone who is being nice to them, so it defuses both sides.

  • THANK YOU.

  • Oh sheesh, I see what you mean. You have lost a lot of weight, (had been noticing) and you also look like a priest in this video. lol

  • The whole looking like a priest thing just kills me! LOL

  • Great video!

  • Thanks! :)

  • What a nice idea.. Random act of kindness.. Next time my mother in law knocks on my door, I won't slam it in her face. Now, won't that be nice?

  • That's definitely a thought! :)

  • P.S. Go vegan :)

  • I think this is a wonderful idea :)

    I can't help but wonder about the cruelty to the animals in this world killed(over 10 billion are slaughtered, if you count sea animals it's more like 40 billion) yearly for consumption. They lead miserable lives and are then killed. Although not everyone believes in reincarnation I think that everyone can understand the idea of cause and effect. If we cause so much harm to creatures in this world could this in turn be a reason for such violence among us?

  • That's a possibility! :)

  • dude i have an idea dont say bla bla after a serious tale(the one about the kids hiding)...

    but for the rest well the title is actually enough

  • LOL!

  • You're back?

  • Thx for all the replys it,s realy cool of you dude and do you know the name of the first Austin powers film?

  • Wasn't the first one called "International Man of Mystery?"

  • Was it my freind askt me and i dident know so i askt more people and the dident know aswell.well thx man

  • The second one was called "The Spy Who Shagged Me" and the third one was called "Gold Member."

  • Your man who dose them and shrek is makeing a new one The love guru

  • Yeah, I saw that. The guy who plays Minime is it too! LOL

  • Icant wait for it to come out in ireland

  • I'll definitely rent it!

  • cool man I realy want to see it now

  • I guess we'll both have to be patient! LOL

  • I cant wait for the dark knight it looks so good.

  • Yeah...me too! That's the one that I'm most looking forward to.

  • It looks so good because it's so true to the comic.Batman is my favret comic book hero.

  • I love Batman and the Joker too!

  • The new joker looks realy good

  • I know!

  • tip: dont let someone in traffic if there is too many cars behind else some try overtake you on the road and you see some TOO close calls and think damn what have i done

    but yeh, agree with your video 100% and its awesome seeing people like you as it proves that there is really some hope for a better future

  • Thank you! :)

  • What's up, Gary?

    You know something? You've inspired me to start my oen video blog. Maybe if I vocalize some of the poetry I write, some it may brighten someone's day and inspire them to do something nice for someone else.

  • Hearing that I've inspired somebody is one of the coolest things ever! :)

  • I am with you! See my weird journey with One Lucky Penny. Just google One Lucky Penny and see my acts with Winnie the Winnebago.

    Dare to Dream

  • Thank you! :)

  • bob of mcr:p

  • Preach on! And yo, you know what? You're exactly right.

  • Thank you! :)

  • It's all in communication with people! Its about everyone being accountable & not falling into the invisibility of society!

    We need to do this to COMMUNICATE with ea other again! Cos we are all connected! Its amazing how lil deeds of goodwill can make a fathomable diffrnce! Talking to a stranger on a bus amazingly connects u with them & ppl have stopped doing that! I got offered a plastic bag when a guy saw my noodle take away dribling evrywhr; I commented on his lovely coat! ZAP! Good deeds!

  • Thank you so much for your kind words! I find that immediately put a face to a name and actually talk to a person, that the idea of being kind far outweighs being mean! It does make a huge difference! Good deeds can change the world!@ :)

  • exactly and there is no thin too little :-) And no thing too big!!!

  • Yeah, like to share a society in which we can be nice to eachother. What's wrong with that?

  • That's how I see it...what's the worst it can do? Make somebody's day a little bit brighter? Nothing wrong with that! :)

  • Hey gary, remember me from the lost vids? i really think u r doing the right thing. Their are more supporters than haters, so just ignore the haters. The haters are probably all lazy losers who have nothing to do. YOU are doing the right thing.

    ps. When will ur next lost vid come out?

  • Thank you! I'm hoping to get another Lost video out soon. Maybe next week. I was planning on doing it sooner than that, but this feature kind of got me swamped! I plan on continuing to do Lost videos all summer long! :)

  • Gary, YOU are an awesome guy. I just found this because of your "What it's like being featured video." I guess I wasn't a subscriber when you originally put this up. The Free Hugs video is what brought me to YouTube to begin with. I have always believed in random acts of kindness. I witnessed my Dad do things for strangers. This made me love him even more. Congrats on being featured! Oh, one more thing...Son, you have lost some weight!!! WhooHoo!

    (((Hugs)))

    ~Mimi

  • I'm down 54 lbs since this video was posted! I actually hate looking at myself in this one! But I'm glad the message rings true and that a lot of positive people replied to it as well! :)

    ((HUGS))

  • IIIIII can play dominos betttter thaaaaaaaan yooooou caaaan......Inside Catholic Humor!!

  • Hmmm...I'm Catholic and I'm missing the joke. Maybe I was too busy playing in the holy water?

  • Saying the "Sign of the Cross" in Latin...sounds like it a little....It makes priest chuckle anyway.

  • OMG! That is funny! :)

  • i only have love for "the man"

  • :-)