―Dawna Markova
As I look
back on 2013 from the kindness perspective, there are a couple of things that
stand out. One is that kindness
LASTS. Many times, it is remembered long
after it is over.
On Christmas
Day, I ran into a former secretary who worked with me more than two decades ago
when I practiced law at a large, international firm. I had not seen her in years and it was great
for the two of us to see each other and to remember, even briefly, the many
hours that we had spent together -- we worked hard and there was a lot of
stress, but we laughed a lot, too. One
of the reasons that I enjoyed working with her was that in addition to being
very smart, very funny and a hard worker, she was fiercely loyal. On a December 19th more than 20 years ago, I
was taken a well-earned and scheduled-in-advance day off to do Christmas
shopping as I worked most every day, including weekends. As I was on my way to the stores, my then
secretary called me and said that even though it was my day off, some attorneys
were looking for me to sign a document.
She said that she knew that I would be in casual clothes and would not
want to walk into the office, but that if I drove by the office building, she
would run down with the document so that I could sign it. And that is what we did. Her thoughtfulness and kindness have stayed
with me all these years.
In addition
to the amazingly long-lasting quality of kindness, it can be relatively simple
and the opportunities to be kind abound.
Every day.
I am grateful
for this journey in kindness and all the lessons that it continues to teach me.
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