The cool thing about kindness? It feels REALLY good!

You don't need to be big to make an impact on this world . . . You don't need special qualifications. You don't need to be rich. You don't need to make extravagant or grand gestures. You don't even need to be a grown up. Take Alex McKelvey, for instance. She possesses the one thing that...

Take a whole lot of butterflies and get them to flap their wings!

Kindness. You just need to give a little. It goes an awful long way . . . Chris Rosati has proved as much in recent times, his small deed spreading from North Carolina to Sierra Leone. It's an act he says proves the Butterfly Effect is rather more than a whimsical notion. Kind actions performed...

Zack’s Shack – an inspiration to us all . . .

'It feels GREAT to give . . .' - Zack Francom. Imagine making a difference. REALLY making a difference. Imagine changing someone's life. For the better. Forever . . . Imagine the impoverished. The desperate. Those struggling just to survive. Imagine someone denied life's basics. Imagine a mother. She is disabled. She is crawling through the dirt,...

‘Just a little bit of time makes a BIG difference . . . ‘

Nicholas Lowinger can still recall the first time he ever set foot in a shelter for homeless people. He was just five-years-old, accompanying his mom, an art therapist whose work took her to places her son might otherwise never have seen. 'I remember . . . seeing kids who were just like me,' he says. 'The...

‘You count. You actually matter . . .’

'We are all connected [and] when you show someone kindness, they can take that kindness and give it to someone else,' says Jemmie Adams as he doles out $10 bills to a succession of customers at a BP gas station in Jersey City . . . The suspicion he encounters is overlooked and he asks...

Removing our masks for the OM Year of Courage!

In 2013, we celebrated the OM Year of Kindness, sharing stories about people who had looked out for others, done good deeds and made a difference. It is an exercise that proved to be both inspirational and informative. It sometimes feels as though kindness is in short supply, but our blog posts have shown that...

‘There is magic in this world, and love around every corner . . .’

'We all have massive hearts - this reminds us to use them. There is love around every corner.' They're small statues, figurines that come in friendship. Their mission is to help spread kindness and encourage compassion. They're starting to pop up all over the place. There are some obvious similarities but they're not OMs. They're...

On the road: Armand’s changing the world with kindness . . .

'I'm one guy, out there trying to change the world. I'm on a mission and if I can do it, anyone can do it.' In 2007, Armand Young left his home in California. Everything that he owned, he gave away, passing on his possessions to those most in need. On his shoulder, he carried a...

The astonishing power of the little boy who rarely spoke . . .

'Jacob taught us many lessons during his short life, most notably: being kind, giving to others, smiling at everyone and making the most of each day. In his memory, we vow to do the same'. Life is precious. Life is fragile. Each life matters, each person on the planet possessing the power to make a...

‘Love makes the world go round, but kindness inspires love’

'I used to be a broker in London, working 12-hour days. It wasn't for me. Then I went off and traveled the world and connected with people. That's what it's all about. That's where the magic is. Heart to heart'. Leon Logothetis has invented something amazing. It's the first vehicle, anywhere on Earth, to run...