Simple Gifts ~ Acts of Kindness #30

~ 1kindness2day

So here we are in September.

I want to salute the many unsung heros who have made such a difference to the lives of those around them with simple acts of kindness.

 

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photo: courtney hedger

 

… to the bus driver who waited till the elderly man with a cane was seated before moving off; actually, she waited for all her passengers to be seated. I’ve encountered too many drivers who moved off before folks made it past the ticket machine;

… to the volunteer pianist at the hospital lobby who played for an extra 15 minutes just because people enjoyed the music;

… to my library colleague who brought extra rolls to share because it was raining, and she thought we would have something to eat if we didn’t want to walk out for lunch;

… to the lady in the lunch queue behind me who gave her order before I did, and who kept apologising afterward. Such graciousness is increasingly rare;

… to Eilene for sharing this story on my blog. I do apologise for not acknowledging this earlier. Kudos to everyone for restoring some faith in humanity and kindness.

I have a kindness story for you from my husband. He phoned in a pizza order (take and bake), but when he went to pick it up, realized he didn’t have his wallet. It would be almost an hour round trip to go home and get it, so he wanted to let the pizza people know he’d be a while. Then a woman in line said she’d pay for his pizza and did! He mailed her a $20 and a thank you card.

Please join Eilene at her impeccably written posts at https://myricopia.com/

… to the wonderful people who opened doors for someone else, pressed lift door-open buttons so everyone could enter, stood aside so someone could go first, picked up dropped items for someone else, returned a document forgotten on a photocopier …

… to everyone who said ‘thank you’ when something good was done for them.

Simple acts of kindness are simple gifts that truly matter.

 

THANKS

Published by 1kindness2day

Observing life. Living life. Celebrating life. Commenting on life. One kind act at a time.

14 thoughts on “Simple Gifts ~ Acts of Kindness #30”

  4. As somebody once said “Be the world the way you would like it to be.” Every show of respect, humility, compassion and understanding; every good deed; every example of selfless giving … all have the potential to influence somebody else and, if we want to see a better world, influencing is a good thing! 🙂

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      1. There is always hope. We must however acknowledge that the various news media only usually publicize death and disaster; gloom and doom. There really are loads of good deeds happening every day, especially in the area of volunteerism. They may get zero publicity, but that does not take anything away from the realities of their contributions to our society. 🙂

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