She was surprised by my wanting to help her, but very appreciative. As I was bringing my cart back to the location for carts, I grabbed another that was taking up a parking space and I brought it with me to the cart location. I thought someone would want to park there and wouldn't be able to because of the cart. While I walked on the sidewalk during the middle of the day I also saw a homeless man with a cup for money. I was going into Starbucks and I didn't have any change or cash on me and so I asked him if I could buy him something to eat or drink. He said that he would love a hot coffee and something sweet to eat. I bought him a coffee and a muffin and gave it to him when I returned outside. He seemed genuinely appreciative (and then he asked me if I put any sugar in the coffee -- I hadn't, so I went back in and did so). I didn't mind doing this thing for the man and I thought about...

I feel like a cup of coffee and a treat made his day -- much more so than if I had dropped a few quarters into his cup. When I left he said "God bless you" and it made me feel good about myself, but I tried not to let it go to my head too much (after all, this is part of a class assignment).
On a scale of 1 to 10, I feel like I achieved some good random acts of kindness that would probably rank about a 5 on a scale. I wasn't out helping kids on skid row or anything, but I was doing nice things for people and hopefully those nice things will make others feel happy and inspired to do nice things as well.

Bibliography

Lyubomirsky, Sonja. The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You

Want. Penguin (Non-Classics); Reprint Edition. 2008. Print.