1000 Ways to Heal the World: 5th Year Challenge

In challenging times, it's vital to highlight the goodness in human nature and those things which bring us together. The Stoic community continues to shine a light on kindness, and you can be a part of it.

A Month of Service

Since 2017, the Stoic Fellowship has dedicated April to acts of kindness, inspired by Marcus Aurelius who was born on April 26, 121: "...show true love to the fellow-mortals with whom destiny has surrounded you." – Meditations, Book 6, Chapter 39.

In 2025, we celebrate the fifth annual "1000 Stoics Challenge." Stoics from around the world join together to participate in acts of kindness, with the goal of exercising personal virtue and collectively increasing goodwill, kindness, and care in the broader world. Our aim is to achieve 1000 good deeds, and to do our part to heal the world.

What is good for the hive is good for the bee.

We hope you’ll participate in April (and all year ‘round) and together we will touch excellence.

Goal: 1000 recorded acts of kindness from April 1st to April 30th

Procedure

1. Do an act of kindness (click here for some suggestions).

2. Record your act (can be for an individual or group) on one of the following forms:

3. Enjoy knowing that you made a difference.