The Kindness of Strangers

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, February 5, 2011

Calories For Kindness

Day 309

I had about 20 minutes of extra time today before I had to pick up my son from his art class. After reviewing in my mind what I could do in that amount of time, I narrowed it down to walking to get some exercise or buy myself a treat. I went with the latter.

I got an awesome orange chocolate cookie at the cafe across from the building where the class was being held. And while I was there, I gave the woman who waited on me a couple dollars and asked her to buy a treat for the next person who came in after I left. She was initially surprised and commented what a nice gesture it was. She then added “And I'm going to do that for someone too.”

It was then that I knew that I made the right choice, kindness over exercise. I'll walk a few extra steps tomorrow.

1 comment:

I'm Your Neighbor.February 6, 2011 at 5:35 AM
I like the act of kindness, but I really like the idea of an orange chocolate cookie. Always learning something new from you, Betsy!
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