Today I needed to run a few errands. As I started out, I noticed I was going to need to get gas soon. I had plenty to do the things I needed to do but something told me to go get gas, so I trusted it. The moment I started pumping the gas, I heard “thump, thump, thump, thump.” Before I even looked up, I knew what that sound was, a flat tire. I walked over to the car where a lady was wondering what was going on. She rolled down the window and I asked her if I could help. She was relieved and immediately replied, “YES!” I finished pumping the gas while she cleaned out her trunk to get to the spare tire. I changed her tire and as I finished she said, “Thank you so much. You sure have done your kind deed for today. This really the qualifies your kind deed for the whole week ahead.” That was really cool. I told her she was welcome and drove off. I was now dirty and sweaty and needed to go back home to clean up a bit. I didn’t get to all my errands but I sure felt good after doing the kind deed.
As I thought about this incident, I could not help but remember all the times that people showed up to help me when I had car trouble or needed assistance. My intuition or gut told me not only to get gas, but which gas station to go to. Since this gas station was in the opposite direction of where I was headed, I probably would have either waited to get gas or get it closer to where my errands where if I hadn’t listened to my intuition. She was truly grateful just as I was truly grateful for others that helped me. When you learn to trust your intuition, you will not only transform your life, you will also help lots of people.
Beginning June 1st, I am issuing a Kindness Challenge. The Challenge will consist of logging 5,000 kind deeds on my Kindness Meter at www.idontstink.com for the month of June. Get ready to be challenged. Don’t wait until June 1st, start today.
Love and gratitude,
Bill
Kind Deeds Indeed
Yesterday, my wife and I were on our way home from the office. At a busy intersection, a car honked then cut in front of me to pull off the road. Immediately, I put on the brakes to let him over. I then noticed there was a guy pushing the car off the road. I pulled in right behind him to stop my car and help but it was going downhill for the moment. I put on the flashers and awaited for his momentum to stop. It did as he pulled into a gas station.
He had run out of gas and knew it. The problem was that the rest of the way was uphill. I jumped out and immediately began pushing. We had momentum until he accidently hit the curve and all of our momentum was stopped immediately. Then, out of no where, it was like we were trying to push a brick wall. The car started backwards and I told him to hit the brakes because there was nothing left in either of us. I thought that maybe we could rest a bit and start again. We waited a minute and started and we weren’t able to move it a single inch as it actually started rolling backwards. The temperature was 100 degrees and it is amazing how quickly you can run out of all your energy.
Now the coolest thing happened. Several other guys dropped what they were doing and came running up to help. It was perfect timing because I was just about at the point that I was thinking we couldn’t push it the rest of the way. I thanked both of these guys as a third guy came running up. It was such a positive experience. The guy with the empty tank looked back to me three times as I got in my car to drive away. First he nodded and said thank you. As I pulled off, he gave me a very kind gesture with his eyes that felt so good. That is what true gratitude FEELS like when someone expresses it.
Peace and kindness,
Bill
PS – Pass it on!
Kind Deeds Update
One week into the Kindness Challenge has been a major success. Currently there are over 1,100 kind acts logged. THANK YOU! Please remember to send me your stories of kindness by either emailing me at bill@positract.com or posting your comments under the blog post below.
You really are making a difference. Thank you, thank you, and THANK YOU!
Kindness Challenge – Put All Stories Here
Kindness Challenge
June Kindness Challenge: Can you make a difference? You feel called to make the world a better place, but when you watch the news you think, “How can one person possibly affect real change?” You are the answer you seek! You can make a difference by personally practicing random acts of kindness everyday. A fun way to track the impact you’re having is to play Bill King’s Kindness Challenge at www.idontstink.com. (Stinkin’ Thinkin’ Stinks!) Bill has challenged us to do 5,000 kind acts in June. Are you up to the challenge? Every time you do something kind in June, go to www.idontstink.com to log your kind acts and watch the total skyrocket! No kind act is too small, and together we can make the world a better place, one random act of kindness at a time!
Kind Deeds Today
Today I needed to run a few errands. As I started out, I noticed I was going to need to get gas soon. I had plenty to do the things I needed to do but something told me to go get gas, so I trusted it. The moment I started pumping the gas, I heard “thump, thump, thump, thump.” Before I even looked up, I knew what that sound was, a flat tire. I walked over to the car where a lady was wondering what was going on. She rolled down the window and I asked her if I could help. She was relieved and immediately replied, “YES!” I finished pumping the gas while she cleaned out her trunk to get to the spare tire. I changed her tire and as I finished she said, “Thank you so much. You sure have done your kind deed for today. This really the qualifies your kind deed for the whole week ahead.” That was really cool. I told her she was welcome and drove off. I was now dirty and sweaty and needed to go back home to clean up a bit. I didn’t get to all my errands but I sure felt good after doing the kind deed.
As I thought about this incident, I could not help but remember all the times that people showed up to help me when I had car trouble or needed assistance. My intuition or gut told me not only to get gas, but which gas station to go to. Since this gas station was in the opposite direction of where I was headed, I probably would have either waited to get gas or get it closer to where my errands where if I hadn’t listened to my intuition. She was truly grateful just as I was truly grateful for others that helped me. When you learn to trust your intuition, you will not only transform your life, you will also help lots of people.
Beginning June 1st, I am issuing a Kindness Challenge. The Challenge will consist of logging 5,000 kind deeds on my Kindness Meter at www.idontstink.com for the month of June. Get ready to be challenged. Don’t wait until June 1st, start today.
Love and gratitude,
Bill
The Future We Will Create – DVD
I just finished watching the DVD “The Future We Will Create: Inside the World of TED.” What an awesome documentary! I highly, highly, highly recommend that everyone watch it. I had never heard of the TED (Technology Entertainment Design) before but what a cool organization. When you watch it, you will be reinforced about the positive future we will create together.
This conference is truly unique. It brings in venture capitalist and people with loads of money in the same room with a number of presenters. Each presenter has 18 minutes to pitch their technology to the group. Most of the pitches are around how to use technology to make a difference in the world. I would like to add more about it but do not want to give anything away. All I can say is that the show was truly inspiring and left me with a very good feeling that there are people helping people everywhere. Also, the technology was incredible and yet made so much sense. Take a few minutes to watch this movie. It is on Showtime this month if you get the chance.
Love, peace, and hope,
Bill
STINKIN' Sandwhich Bags
This week was a very busy week for me. I have found that ever since I left my corporate job, I am actually working harder and longer than ever before. I went down this path for over a month before I realized that since I teach balance, I need to also live it.
As a result, I took a day off to play in a golf scramble. Boy, it sure was fun. I actually won a “closest to the pin” contest. It was a very difficult shot and when the awards ceremony announcement came, I was told that I won a “box of plastics.” I thanked them for my gift and went back to my table. The box was heavy so I wondered what was in it. I opened it and discovered that I had won a case of sandwhich bags. You have got to be kidding me! What in the world am I to do with 3600 sandwhich bags? If you have any idea, please let me know.
I would love to hear some creative ways to use these bags. I guess I could always use them as Christmas presents. :-)
Love and peace,
Bill
Tomatos
Today, I finished planting Tomatos, Cucumbers, and Okra in my two earthboxes. I got a lot of help from my best buddy and five year old neighbor. He was a BIG help for such a small package.
The cool thing about him (and his younger brother) is that they remind me each day how wonderful life is. Not a care in the world other than to have fun. We started our project yesterday but only completed one box. I told him that when I got home from work tonight he could come over and help me with planting the next box. When I drove up to my house, as I open the door he was already running over to get to work. He had his work gloves on and was carrying his giraffe shovel. It was priceless. After working about an hour, he said something very funny. He said, “You know, I like it better just watching than working. I am just gonna sit and watch you a while”.
I will keep you posted on the growing of my plants. I have grown tomatos for the past 3 years and it is unbelievable how quick they grow. I haven’t done cucumbers or okra before so I am excited about growing them too.
Have a wonderful, peaceful, and loving weekend.
Bill
Kids Playing
Hello everyone. This morning there were some powerful storms that came through the Dallas Metroplex. I was looking out my window after the heavy stuff was over and saw two kids playing in the rain. They had a little puddle that they just could not help playing in. One rode his three-wheeler while the other one pushed a big dump truck back and forth through the water.
This reminded me that I used to do the same thing when I was growing up. After each heavy rain, I would immediately go outside and play. I loved to build boats and “launch” them down mini river that was actually a ditch. Boy, that sure was a fun time.
I think we all can learn something from this. Sometimes we need to just have fun. Forget about all of our worries and just do something fun. Because of this, I set up a golf outing for later this week. This boys sure taught me something today. Thank you!
STINKIN' DSL
OK, I finally made the switch from DSL to fiber optics for the internet. Man, I can’t believe I didn’t do this years ago. The speed is SMOKIN’ fast which means I can get my work done a lot faster. I don’t believe the T1 lines at my former job were this fast!
The last few days have been filled to the max for me. I have launched idontstink.com late last week and worked on building a bonus page for Peggy McColl’s book 21 Distinctions of Wealth. I am SO grateful to her for allowing me to be part of her email book campaign. I had the privilage to take a sneak peak at this book when I was in Quebec earlier this month. Believe me when I say, you really do not want to miss the opportunity to buy this book on May 1st. Her campaign has a TON of free gifts which are worth so much more than the $11 for the book it is ridiculous. If you are signed up for my newsletter, you will get an email on May 1st with the details and a link to this AMAZING offer.
After you buy one, shoot me an email to let me know what you think of the offer. Also let me know what you think of my bonus gifts included in the offer.
Love, peace, and gratitude,
Bill