Print Length: 256 pages
Publisher: LifeTree Media (April 14, 2020)
Publication Date: April 14, 2020
Sold by: Amazon.com Services LLC
HumanKind is the heartwarming feel-good book that we all need right now.
Brad Aronson's life changed in an instant when his wife, Mia, was diagnosed with leukemia. After her diagnosis, Brad spent most of the next two and a half years either by her side as she received treatment or trying to shield their five-year-old son, Jack, from the worst of Mia's illness. Amid the stress and despair of waiting for the treatment to work, Brad and Mia were met by an outpouring of kindness from friends, family and even complete strangers.
Inspired by the many demonstrations of "humankindness" that supported their family through Mia's recovery, Brad began writing about the people who rescued his family from that dark time, often with the smallest of gestures. But he didn't stop there. Knowing that simple acts of kindness transform lives across the globe every day, he sought out these stories and shares some of the best ones here.
In HumanKind, you'll meet the mentor who changed a child's life with a single lesson in shoe tying, the six-year-old who launched a global kindness movement, the band of seamstress grandmothers who mend clothes for homeless people, and many other heroes.
Brad also provides dozens of ways you can make a difference through the simplest words and deeds. You'll discover how buying someone a meal or sharing a little encouragement at the right time can change someone's world, as well as your own.
The resource section at the back of the book provides guidance and organizations that will help you channel and amplify your own acts of kindness. Here you'll discover:
How you can fund a surgery to cure someone's blindness with a donation of less than $200.
Organizations through which you can provide a birthday gift for a child who otherwise wouldn't receive one.
Multiple places where you can send letters of encouragement to support hospitalized kids, lonely seniors, refugees, veterans and others in need.
And over fifty more ways you can change a life.
HumanKind will leave you grateful for what you have and provide a refuge from the negativity that surrounds us. This feel-good book will touch your heart. You'll laugh, you'll cry and you'll be reminded of what really matters.
All author royalties go to Big Brothers Big Sisters.
THOUGHTS/REVIEW:
What a perfect book to read right now during these stressful and uncertain times, where the smallest act of kindness goes a long way. Brad Aronson wrote this amazing book that truly inspired me in the most wonderful way through these heartwarming stories of people's acts of kindness and how it affects people in the most positive and meaningful ways.
This all started when Brad Aronson's life took a sudden turn when his wife Mia was diagnosed with leukemia. For the next few years as Mia receives treatment, and Brad trying to cope with their five year old son Jack, their family received an outpouring of support, and generosity from friends, family and strangers. These simple acts of kindness brought Brad and his family through their dark times. This generous spirit brought him inspiration to write about these small acts of human kindness which he shares in this book.
Within these chapters are a call to action on how we can make an impact in someone's life no matter how small we may think that may be. Ideas on how can we make a difference in someone's life is sprinkled throughout the book and what I enjoyed the most were the sections at the end of the chapters on how to spend fifteen minutes to think differently, to thank someone or to celebrate with another person.
I loved that the book empowers the readers on how to be awesome through thoughtfulness, generosity and kindness. Brad Aronson offers up easy to accomplish actionable ideas to start making a difference right now.
I highly recommend this book for an inspirational read on how we can make this world a better place.
AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT:
Brad Aronson is a husband and a dad, and when he’s holding the parenting reins, he likes to go all out. For him that means leading an egg drop competition from the third-floor window of his family’s home or heading up indoor games of baseball and hockey, and then having to explain why something else is now in pieces. Luckily, his wife, Mia, is understanding.
Brad loves teaching entrepreneurship to youth in Camden, N.J., and volunteering on the nonprofit boards of Big Brothers Big Sisters and Hopeworks.
One day Brad hopes to be famous for co-founding a national holiday that features a seven-foot-tall orange tree and more than fifty stuffed monkeys (see chapter nine of his book HumanKind). In the meantime, he works with tech startups and writes books.
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