A random act of kindness, in my opinion is not planned. It just happens. Often simply just as you are passing another being in our helter-skelter skelter highway of life.
Like helping to reach for a product from the top shelf of the supermarket for someone from an older generation who is no longer tall or steady enough to do it themselves, as you pass them.
Or moving a huge bumblebee from the path to the grass so no one treads on it.
In writing this I realise that I personally have a list of quite strict rules for random acts of kindness to pass before they actually can qualify as acts of kindness.
I believe also that some, maybe the best, random acts of kindness can sometimes be done without anyone knowing, just you, aware that some how, somewhere you have made something just a tiny bit better for another living thing out there on our huge blue planet.
I also feel that random acts of kindness should not be boasted about, because they then somehow loose their kindness, they are no longer selfless, you are gaining gratification from others, it becomes about you, no longer about the act of kindness itself. The glow of goodness that you feel as you walk away from being able to help another should be enough for you.
I also believe that if you have performed one of the apparently invisible acts of kindness then telling that person is not necessary, it almost takes away some of the kindness in the telling.
These are my qualifications that an act of kindness has to pass before I allow myself to consider that I have performed an act of kindness, silly maybe.
What do you think? Do you agree? Have I missed anything out? Are your rules the same?
Sadie's cat blog. 
I agree with you. I do tell everyone if I’ve done something kind for an animal. The main reason for that is excitement over meeting a wild creature. I just want everyone to know that I met a bird! ☺️ I don’t think it’s good to boast about doing good things for humans.
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