Tuesday, May 5, 2015

More on Kindness and its Ripple Effect

"Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness.  Every act creates a ripple with no logical end."
~ Scott Adams

No matter how much I write about kindness, I am still in awe of its ripple effect.  As I wrote yesterday, one of my children flipped out because she thought she had forgotten that an assignment was due.  When I e-mailed the teacher, she kindly wrote back immediately to let us know that it was not due until the next day and that she would check in with my daughter about it.  The kindness of the teacher's immediate response set the tone for my day. 

A couple of hours later, I arrived at a business appointment.  As I was waiting for the person I was meeting, the receptionist told me that he wanted to speak to me on the phone.  The young man was very apologetic and said that he was feeling sick and was at the doctor's and had honestly forgotten about our appointment.  I told him not to worry and to call me when he returned, and I would come back.  He was very grateful, but I told him it was no big deal, which is how I felt.  And I have no doubt that the teacher's kindness was the inspiration for my generosity of spirit. 

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