Tuesday, November 14, 2017

World Kindness Day

World Kindness Day was yesterday.

I'm pro kindness :-)  Don't you think everything else would fall into place if everyone was more kind? Kind to each other. Kind to animals. Kind to the earth. Yep. I'm pro kindness.

Kindness is such an easy thing, too. It doesn't hurt you to be kind. It doesn't cost you to be kind. Why is it so hard? I think it's just because people are in such hurry, all the time. I'm guilty of that, a lot. They don't even notice what's going on around them. They're so impatient with everything and everybody. I'm going to try harder not to be like that.

Last week, while I was walking at lunch, I saw a woman who was on her way to a conference with one of those little portable hand carts, filled with reading material. It fell over, spewing brochures, etc. everywhere. People just kept walking around her. So I stopped and help her pick up all her stuff. It took less than 5 minutes. I felt a little bad though, that she thanked me so profusely. Like I had done something special. That's sad. It shouldn't have been such a big deal.

Then I saw this story in the news;

https://www.wthr.com/article/walmart-cashier-shows-patience-and-kindness-when-assisting-flustered-gentleman

That cashier was right. 

Kindness does matter. 

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