― Lawrence Welk
On a recent
rainy day, I went to pick up one of my children from an after-school
activity. I parked the car and reached
for my umbrella only to realize that I had left it outside the school the
morning before. So I picked up a cardboard
folder and put it over my head as I ran to the building where I had to pick up
my son. While I waited, I mentioned to
one of the school employees that I did not have an umbrella because I had left it
outside the school the prior morning. As
I was getting ready to make a run for the car with my son, another mother came
with her umbrella and walked us to our car.
Before I drove away, the school employee came to my car with the
umbrella I was sure I would never see again.
And then she walked back to the building in the rain without an umbrella.
When I
mentioned the return of my umbrella to a friend, she said: "That is unheard of -- no one gets an
umbrella back!" That may be true,
but kindness also seems to get returned, so I am hoping that the kind people I
encountered on my rainy day have lots of kindness heading their way.
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