Have you read the Tipping Point? Malcom Gladwell’s book about seeing the tides turn before there is change. According to Gladwell, “The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire.” I could be wrong but I feel that we are globally experiencing a shift like this right now and that shift is about giving and kindness.

It’s everywhere you look, pink socks in the NFL for breast cancer, corporations leveraging causes to help soften their images and everyone doing their part to volunteer or make a difference. I recently saw this video and thought that this change is not unique to U.S. it is a global shift that is happening now.

The stories of kindness and compassion are universal and as old as time. Videos like this, simply remind us that these “tipping points” start with us. The simple act of kindness is a universal language.

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