Sunday, November 24, 2013

Another Little Kindness with Big Impact

"In music, in the sea, in a flower, in a leaf, in an act of kindness...  I see what people call God in all these things."
―Pablo Casals

A teacher friend of mine texted me a couple of days ago to ask if I was at the School Mass so that I could take a photo of her daughter who was performing.  Unfortunately, I wasn't.  My friend was there, but as an inveterate rule follower, she was sitting somewhere where she could not really see her daughter.  She was disappointed and doubting the merits of her good-girl tendencies.  But later that day, someone came through.  Another mom sent my friend two photographs and a video of her daughter.  My friend was very happy and appreciative of the other mother's kindness.  The other mother may have wondered whether to bother taking a photo (maybe photos had already been taken) or whether to send them.  But in the end, this other mother decided to reach out, to act and in so doing, she made another mother's day.  What continues to be very apparent is that we never know how greatly our seemingly small kindnesses may impact the other person.

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