The Simplest Kindness
September 29, 2008 Life choices, random acts of kindness, saying thank you 1 Comment
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In a recent post on his blog, Awake @ the Wheel, Jonathan Fields shared an experience where he believed he was conned out of $20 by a well-dressed couple with a convincing story.
He went on to discuss the relative goodness and badness of people and to encourage his readers to give their take.
Here’s modified version of what I commented at Jonathan’s blog:
I strongly believe that we have to hold on to our belief in the goodness of mankind, even though it means we’ll get taken sometimes.
Mother Teresa said something like when we are kind, some people will take advantage of us; be kind anyway.
Once I was in a fast food drive-through with my grandkids in tow. When I rolled up to pay for my food and get my purchase, the clerk handed me my bags of food and said, “Your food has already been paid for by the car that was in front of you.” It was the first time I can remember being the recipient of a random act of kindness.
I don’t know what motivated this person to pay for our meal, and they took off before I could even see what they looked like.
Since then, I’ve on occasion extended the same kindness to total strangers.
I have been on both sides of kindness and it feels good both ways.
While thinking about simple ways that we can be kind I discovered the following video about the simple act of saying “thank you.”
Watch it and tell me your take on kindness.
