<div><p>Let's be honest: it's nice to get dozens of presents from your friends and family, but wedding gifts can also be a huge pain.</p><p>If you make a registry, that means taking a long trip to the store and picking out lots of junk you don't really need. If you don't, you wind up returning 5 identical toasters with no receipts.</p><p>Leigh Clark and her husband James didn't want to go through all that hassle, so they came up with a better idea. Leigh made a hobby of sharing random acts of kindness with strangers, so they asked all their wedding guests to do the same.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/Couple.PNG" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Miranda Lawson Photography</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p></p><p>James and Leigh encouraged each of their guests to do something nice for a total stranger, then to share their good deeds with the happy couple.</p><p>"We wanted to do something special for our wedding, and we realized we had the potential to get our guests involved," she told <em><a href="http://www.today.com/news/bride-groom-ask-guests-commit-random-acts-kindness-wedding-gifts-t53286">Today</a></em>,</p><p>"A lot of people said they hadn't done anything like that before, so it was exciting for them"</p><p>Big or small, each of their guests did something special for someone they didn't know.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/2-5.jpg" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/4-6.jpg" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p>Some guests paid for a stranger's lunch or dinner, while another gave up their upgraded seat so a family could fly together.</p><p>Some gave snacks to their security guard, or their delivery driver, or the women at their nail salon.</p><p>A few even got their kids involved, brining supplies to animal shelters and charities for local women.</p><p>All of these small, generous acts were much more fulfilling than a house full of appliances and bowls.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/3-4.jpg" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/1-7.jpg" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p>"It's something that kind of goes on and on, with us also knowing people had their own special moment with a stranger on our behalf,'' Leigh said. "It's like a domino effect."</p><p>Marriage is about building a new life together after all, and there's no better way to start something than with kindness!</p><p><strong>Share this post if you think this was a great idea!</strong></p></div>