Flowered Dresses & Flour Mills: A Story of History & Kindness

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December 11, 2015 a project of ServiceSpace We don't have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world. - Howard Zinn - Flowered Dresses & Flour Mills: A Story of History & Kindness "In times gone by, amidst widespread poverty, the flour mills realized that some women were using sacks to make clothes for their children. In response, the flour mills started using flowered fabric." This beautiful story shares details of a little-known act of kindness past. { read more } Be The Change History is strewn with hidden acts of kindness that never hit the headlines. Ask a grandparent or other elder in your life to share the story of an act of kindness from their own past. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News The Girl Who Gets Gifts From Birds 6 Habits of Highly Grateful People Stunning Images of the Power of Education Because I'm Happy Before I Go: A Neurosurgeon's Final Reflections On Mortality This Is Your Brain On Scarcity 34 Affirmations For Healthy Living 34 Images of Heart-Warming Humanity DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 165,813 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More