Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Kindness in a Wave

"You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment."
― Henry David Thoreau

Kindnesses come in all shapes and sizes.  They can be HUGE and those are certainly very special or they can be small.

Yesterday I was having one of those moments that come along more often than I would like and I wondered, How will I make it through the day?  Thankfully, my brain kicked in and reminded me that I would get through the same way that I have gotten through all the other days in my life.*  And it was nothing major that was troubling me, just scheduling -- getting here, getting there, getting it all done or close to it.

As I was driving along on my way somewhere, I needed to get into another lane and not having much luck.  And then I received that wonderful kindness of a wave -- another driver letting me in.  With that simple and momentary graciousness, that driver made my life easier and I appreciated it.  We don't know each other and probably never will, but there was kindness in that wave.

*  I actually decided to figure out how many days I have made it through.  It seems I am closing in on 20,000.  One would think that I would have gotten the hang of it by now.

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