The humanKindness Project has taken a foothold on social media this summer due to the compassion of two inspiring and very human millennials from Boston, MA.

I have the privilege of knowing Ella Pestine and it is an honor for me to be counted as one of her friends.  Ella and my daughter shared a couple of years of college together and became fast friends and it is easy to see why my daughter was drawn to Ella as they have remained close.

I became aware of The humanKindness  Project @thehumankindnessproject via face book, last month.  The idea for the movement was started by a (step)mom and daughter on a Chicago to Boston phone call. One challenged the other to reconnect with an old friend that week, sparking an impassioned exchange of ideas centered around actively engaging with each other and the world around them. Ella and Naomi decided that the mission for the project was theirs to carry forward and to develop into a grass roots organization to show love and compassion to friends and strangers alike. The two have decided that the best way forward in this world is to challenge each other to do good, be kind, expand their limits, and in the process inspire others. 

It’s easy to make the parallel between our current United States conditions and the need for compassion between friends and strangers. We are not able to pass the day without hearing about #BlackLivesMatter, #AllLivesMatter, politics and the DNC / RNC fighting between themselves, neighbors living as strangers with each other; it could be said that our communities are breaking down everywhere we look. Yet, I know so many people who pour into their communities, their lives, their children’s lives on a daily basis to make sure that community stays strong. It’s little acts like this, that can become big movements, that can create positive, life changing habits- to create community and kindness.

Like and follow them on FaceBook and start sharing some of that human kindness that we all have inside. You’ll be glad you did!

I can’t wait to hear your story on how you made someone’s day and gave them a smile. @thehumanKindnessProject