Editor's Note: How will it be if we all just noticed the many simple acts of kindness that surround us everyday? Someone showing up at 5am to bid us goodbye, or holding the door open for us, someone leaving a pot of cool drinking water in the middle of nowhere, or 150 children engaging in random acts of kindness for 21 days  --Ashima

Being in the presence of Arun Dada is like living in a Gurukul. His daily practices, his experiences, his stories of Vinoba ji -- every intention, every action, every word is a teaching. Smita shares nuggets of his profound compassion and wisdom from her recent soulful stay with Arun Dada at Banyan Grove.

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As they walk with forever new seeds of gratitude and service planted in them, Swara and Trupti share stories of invisible acts of kindness -- An earthen pot filled with water, handmade sign boards, or strangers offering tea; every act has touched many pilgrims with no one to thank to but only pass it forward.

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Inspired by Kindspring, Christine introduced the 21 days of Kindness Challenge in Maher, a home for neglected children and orphans. As 150 children and their house mothers participated in the challenge, they not only did various acts of kindness everyday, they also became attentive of how everyone else around them was being kind!

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The Barefoot Skateboarders of Janwar: Discover how a skate park is gradually changing the social fabric of a village and addressing some of its most deep rooted issues like untouchability, gender inequality, illiteracy, and alcoholism.
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