Wouldn't you agree with me that we live in an unkind world? I really can't point fingers at anybody - for there are times when I get frustrated and upset at the world around me.
That's why I have purposed in my heart to do at least, at least, one act of kindness every day. To consciously choose to show kindness to someone who isn't expecting it.
On the way to work today, I let someone trying to get onto LaGrange from a gas station cut in - in front of me.
I know it might not sound like a big deal, but if we compile several of those kinds of actions per day with everyone participating - it would make for a much nicer world.
It also makes me feel good.
I like this story:
In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10 year old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. "How much is an ice cream sundae?"
"Fifty cents," replied the waitress. The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and studied a number of coins in it. "How much is a dish of plain ice cream?" he inquired. Some people were now waiting for a table and the waitress was a bit impatient. "Thirty-five cents," she said brusquely.
The little boy again counted the coins. "I'll have the plain ice cream," he said.
The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table without saying a word, and walked away. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and departed.
When the waitress came back, she began wiping down the table and then swallowed hard at what she saw. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish, were two nickels and five pennies—- her tip.
May we all show kindness to someone today.
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