day 100!!! : the kindness flash mob that will keep me smiling FOREVER!

a milestone number calls for a really awesome act of kindness! 

this weekend, the healthy living summit was held in minneapolis. its a blogging conference for health // fitness-minded folks.

all the sessions were held on saturday, but there were various 'fit mingles' held on thursday & friday {think 'happy hour' but with a fitness-twist}

i had the opportunity to lead a fit mingle on friday morning! i decided to combine two of my favorite things ; being nice & biking!

humble pie farm generously donated 60 mini bouquets of super beautiful flowers! friday morning, i took the bus downtown with two big buckets FULL of flowers! 

a group of us headed to nicollet mall {a pedestrian-only street right in the heart of downtown}, divided up the bouquets and handed out the flowers to complete strangers.

we gave the flowers to girls on bikes, toddlers, grandpas, people in power suits & everybody in between. it was so amazing watching people light up once they were presented with flowers.

one woman was thisclose to tears ; she was so thankful & so appreciative.

{mission : accomplished! my whole goal for this project is to make humans feel amazing & to remember how important they are!}

it didnt take very long to pass out 60 bouquets of flowers ; i think everybody was so excited & really caught up in how great it felt to watch peoples reactions.

once our flowers were gone, we walked a couple blocks and checked out nice ride bikes! nice ride is the minneapolis // st paul bike sharing program. you purchase a day pass & then get to ride from one station to another ; as many times as you would like.

we took a short bike ride down to the spoon & cherry and the sculpture garden. it was really neat because nobody had ever been to minneapolis before; so i got to see the city through the eyes of tourists & visitors.

i always think this city is awesome ; but its so fun to be around when OTHERS think its awesome!

after our bike ride back downtown, we all went out for a late lunch. 

it was a really fun afternoon. before coming to minneapolis, none of us knew each other & we spent hours together. it was really powerful. we made the planet a little better, took a bike ride together & chatted for an hour over lunch. i think when we all got up & left the table, we all felt connected as friends.

i love that! 

also, some shout outs! 

*jennifer from humble pie farms! she donated the flowers & hung out with me as we put the bouquets together! 

*everybody from nice ride! i contacted customer service before the ride & scoped out the stations to make sure it would work. their service & systems are awesome. 

*mindy was part of the HLS dream team & fully supported my 'kindness nice ride' idea!

*and a huge shout out to all of the girls that came out & brightened minneapolis : jen, ashleigh, kelly, brooke, megan and alison!