― Anne Rice
Anne Rice's advice bears repeating. Every day, I am amazed at the choices we have
and how frequently the choice to be kind -- or not -- is before us.
Yesterday, I was in a building elevator and an older
gentleman with a Visitor's Pass stepped in.
I asked him to what floor he was going and pressed the number for
him. When he stepped out of the elevator,
I saw him looking around trying to figure out where he should go. In my mind, I thought, "Should
I ...?" Just as the elevator doors
were closing, I stuck my hand between them to pause the elevator, and I asked
him where he was going. He told me and I
pointed him in the right direction. I
told him to "have a good day" and with a big smile, he responded
"have a better one." I can't
imagine that it took more than a minute to pay forward what I am
constantly receiving.
A few hours later, I received extraordinary kindness from
an employee at a home improvement store, who went out of his way to show me
where I could find what I was trying to buy.
When I mentioned in passing that something I had purchased at the store
was not what I initially thought, this employee asked me if I minded his sharing
that with the manager. The employee's
"kindness" resulted in my getting a completely unasked-for
credit. Not surprisingly, this employee
put my purchases in a cart, walked me to my car and then unloaded them. When I asked if I could tip him, he said no.
In the last few days alone, I have experienced incredible
acts of kindness. Some of them even
seemed heaven sent. I am grateful for
them, and just keep trying to pay it forward.
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