day 271 : kindness carousel {the best links from around the web}

friday!
i have been so absent here, BUT i have so many great things to share!
my sister gets married tomorrow, so i will be offline ALL weekend {hooray!}

until i come back, check out these awesome links from around the web!

1) 18 of the most beautiful children's books EVER! ---> #2 is my FAVORITE! i have given this book as a gift many, many times!
2) this guy is committing to having coffee with each of his 1,000 Facebook friends!
3) spreading kindness to others is awesome {duh!} ; but here are 40 acts of self-kindness to practice!
4) umm, this might be the coolest Little Free Library i have EVER seen! {bikes + books + community ; HELLO!}
5) this story from the Charity:Water blog gave me goosebumps. and the photos are SO beautiful!
6) its always awesome to see Minnesotans doing rad things! a new running group has launched geared towards homeless folks. {i am looking to join // lead runs // volunteers! fingers crossed it works out, I'm super excited to be involved!}
7) and the finalists for the National Geographic 2014 Photo Contest have been announced. prepare to be amazed...

have an awesome weekend!