This blog is is attempt to fulfill a promise made to a stranger 25 years ago. Spotting a broken down car on the side of rural highway in Upstate New York, a man who could have very easily kept on driving stopped to help me. After an entire afternoon of getting me on my way he accepted only a thank you and a promise that I would help someone else along the way. It is time I fulfilled that promise. I am making a commitment to be kind to a stranger at least once a day for a year.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
It's Catching
I sent along today, with my husband, some encouraging thoughts to our niece who is getting married in two weeks. We wanted her to know we were thinking about her. That was NOT my act of kindness for the day. But I am taking credit for the fact that my husband, who was looking over my shoulder as I typed, picked up the phone to call a friend immediately after I hit “send.” He had some encouraging thoughts of his own that he realized that he wanted to share. My intention in this project was not to highlight kindness of others as my own doing. But I'm not above it either. And if the spirit is catching on, who am I to argue?
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I can see how this project can get difficult.
ReplyDeleteAnd I can see how the contagion effect just might be something to "take credit for"...
Looking forward to tomorrow's act of kindness.
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