The dictionary defines kindness as “The quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate.” The powers that just one kind word or one kind gesture have can do anything from make someone smile, to save their life. Kindness can breathe life back into a flat-lined dream. With dreams gain the fantasies that create our reality. We need our imaginations to be strong. Kindness can feed strength into that imagination to create the dream. Even if it is just support and encouragement. Any kindness can go a long way to make someone’s day.
I read a story in the reader’s digest about kindness. There were a lot of good stories from the readers but one really stood out to me. A lady was checking out at the supermarket and went $12 over what she had in her purse. As she started to put things back, another shopper gave her $20 so she could get all of her groceries. She declined, then the man told her a story. He told her about how his mother was in the hospital with cancer, he said he brought her flowers every day when he visited her. He told the lady this morning my mother got mad at me for buying all these flowers for her. She told me to do something better with my money, so please take this money as it is my mothers flowers. That really hit me hard! My mother always told me I could do better doing for others than for doing for her, more people would benefit from it. That kind gesture in the supermarket made at least 3 people’s days better.
After my mom passed, we spread her ashes in the river by my house so that I could visit her whenever I wanted. On her 1 year anniversary of transitioning my wife and I went to visit her and we took some healing crystals to throw in the water for her. As we were gathering the crystals I got the idea to take a matching set of the ones we were throwing in the river and place them around the park for people to find. I placed one on the pier we threw from and as my wife and I were walking away I turned to see a little girl and her mom going down the pier. I watched and sure enough that little girl found the crystal. Her little face lit up like a christmas tree and her mother was happy too! To see that little girl smile, on such a sad day, to me was a smile from my mom! I was tearing up so I didn’t go talk to them. I just hope I made their day like they made mine.
You can be kind to anyone and everyone. It can be free, A kind Word, Holding the door open for someone, Or maybe just a hug. It doesn’t have to cost you a thing to be kind to someone else but the effects can make you feel richer than a large amount of money. Open your heart and be kind to someone today, you never know what someone else might be going through and everyone has a breaking point. A kind word can be the difference between life and death.
We can heal the world with kindness, one gesture at a time.
I will start, If you are reading this just know…You Are SPECIAL and I Believe in YOU!
You Can Do ANYTHING!
Until next time my friends, Be Kind and Dream BIG!
Bobby-