The Net Benefit of Kindness

Heading out tomorrow for vacation for a week. Going to an island off the coast Maine, where the beauty is unlimited, but the cell phone coverage and internet access is sparse. So I will be acting kindly each day and writing about it, but I won't be able to post every day. Also, Sunday is the 27th, which I have declared you may remember, Give Flowers to a Stranger Day. However, where we are heading there is nothing open on Sunday, and I don't even know if there is any place to buy flowers. There are many beautiful flowers growing, but I would have to cut them from some one's yard. And that wouldn't be kind. So I will be celebrating the holiday tomorrow....Feel free to celebrate whenever it works for you as well.

What did I do that was kind today? I bought a net for my son's friend at the lake we where we were swimming for the afternoon. After returning to our blanket, I noticed it was broken. I brought it back to the concession stand where I got it less 5 minutes earlier, only to be told that there was no return policy, which, to be fair was posted. I negotiated with the proprietor, quite kindly I must say, and was able to convince her (and it wasn't easy) that she should exchange my broken net for a new one. I am certain that, had my manner been anything less than kind and respectful, I would have been out of luck and out of a net.

That's the net benefit of being kind.