Tales Of A Fourth Generation Textile Executive: The Beauty Of Random Acts Of Kindness Revisited

Hi Fans & Followers,

This August heat is starting to wear me down.  This past weekend was over 100 degrees both days and felt more like 110.  My brain is so fried that I just can’t bear to come up with an extremely thought out blog, but I can come up with a thoughtful one.  That being said, I did want to revisit a recent blog that I wrote called:  The Beauty Of Random Acts of Kindness.  

So in the blog that I am referring to, I asked readers to nominate someone that they know that they think is deserved of getting a random act of kindness (RAOK) in fabric.  For me, I received a lot of comments on my blog which is always a good thing, but all the people that commented on the blog also sent me a personal note about the person they wanted to nominate.  I must say that I was rather shocked with how kindhearted people are.  I received some very thoughtful RAOK requests and I teared up when reading many of them.  Everyone has a story and a lot of people struggle in various aspects of their lives.  There are also a lot of people out there that help others before helping themselves.  I was so overwhelmed with emotion reading all these pleas.  In the end, after reviewing all the requests, I determined that every single one should get a RAOK in fabric.

Just the other day, I sent almost 20 packages out with precut fabric in them from Studioe.  Nowhere in the letter did I tell the RAOK recipients who nominated them. So if you were one of the people that made a request, feel free to contact your “friend” in the next week or so to let them know that you selected them….if you want.  Or, don’t say anything and it will just remain random which is perfectly fine too.  In the end, it doesn’t really matter and it is just the thought that counts.

This RAOK discussion is so interesting to me that I keep testing it out on a daily basis.  Even on a small scale, the results always shock me because some people, especially New Yorkers, are a little shocked that someone would do something nice for them.  In short, I can only suggest that you try to share some RAOK love.  You will be shocked by the results and will also feel good about yourself having done something nice for someone else….who didn’t even expect it.  Try it out and let me know what happens.  Would love to see your stories on the comments to this blog.

Until next week,

This is RAOK Scott Fortunoff