The Kindness Experiment (book project)
Can you believe it? This vehicle has been banned from parking by condominium boards and churches.
I'm not sure if it was my name or the word kindness that they found offensive.
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Read my story called The Benefactor. This story is typical of what I have experienced in my 13 year experiment. And this story is typical of what you will find in my forthcoming book, The Kindness Experiment. What's really fascinating is that I tell people upfront that I am writing a book to document how people treat me: with quiet contempt, rejection, passive aggression, bullying, downright hostility... or with concern, warmth, kind words and generosity.
It doesn't matter that the words "The Kindness Experiment" are written in big letters on the van I drive. It doesn't matter that I tell each person - dentist, real estate agent, friend - upfront that I am writing about my experience with him or her... the response is still often very unkind or impolite. I don't get it.
If it were me? I'd want to make the best impression possible... even if only to be represented in a book about kindness in a positive light. What I observe instead is what I'd call self-sabotage. So sad.
I will write about my experiences, not as complaints, but as a means to analyzing the behavior to understand it. I will call it The Kindness Experiment and every day I collect new material. Everyone is fair game... including the people who enter my essay contests. So you are forewarned.
Thirteen years ago I owned a Bed and Breakfast in Toronto where I hosted and entertained authors and visitors from all over the world. It was my dream fulfilled. Then I experienced a home invasion and had to shut down my home and business and leave everything behind to stay safe for almost 8 years.
I'm one who turns lemons into lemon meringue pie (one of my new talks), so here's what I decided to do....
I wanted to see how people would treat me:
a. if I revealed to professionals and neighbors who didn't know me that something catastrophic had happened to me, and
b. if I treated them with all the kindness and generosity of spirit that I could.
The results were astounding and baffling. It is my experiences over the past thirteen years that I want to share in both book form and as speaking opportunities in schools, universities, large practices, business conferences, conventions, etc.
I have ideas to share with lawyers, physicians, realtors, teachers, landlords, neighborhood and community groups.
Book publishers may contact me if they want to see my book proposal. crisiswriter@gmail.com
Newspaper editors may publish a sample column for free.
Meeting planners may contact me to discuss my addressing their group's needs when I speak or conduct a seminar.
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If you prefer to send a check or money order, my mailing address is below. Please make checks payable to Andrea Reynolds, 2501 West 12th Street, Suite 647, Erie PA 16505.