A random act of kindness is a selfless act performed by a person or a group wishing to either assist or to cheer up a individual person is to be kind, thoughtful, use your manners, give out compliments, volunteer, and or forgive someone. [1] The phrase " Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty " was written by  Anne Herbert on a placemat in Sausalito, California in 1982. It was based on the phrase "random acts of violence and senseless acts of cruelty". [2]Herbert's book "Random Acts of Kindness" was published in February 1993 speaking about true stories of acts of kindness.