Hi my name is Lisa Schrock founder of Benice Publishing Company and The World Kindness Celebration Initiative. 

Growing up, I didn’t have a lot of what other children had, and many times I felt different and alone.

As I got older, I believed that becoming a pharmacist and providing my children with everything I didn’t have would erase those old feelings of sadness, inadequacy, and feeling like a “nobody.”

But in 2007, those feelings started to  return, bringing anxiety and depression with them. That’s when I began searching for what creates true and lasting happiness.

Everything I read pointed toward one simple truth: positive thoughts create happiness and shape our future. So I started practicing positive thinking—love and  kindness—and my life started to change in profound ways. I was happier, less stressed and I envisioned a future in which I could make a difference in my lifetime.

I truly believe that each of us has a spectacular somebody just waiting to be discovered, and kindness is the path that leads us there.

Science also shows that  kindness actually releases “happy chemicals” in the brain, helping us feel happier, calmer, more connected, and more joyful.

Through the World Kindness Celebration Initiative, it is my hope that children discover they are somebody special — and that through kindness they too can experience happiness, feel a sense of belonging, and gain the courage to reach for the stars and become all they are meant to be.

Lisa M. Schrock

Founder