Saturday, June 27, 2009

Kindness

I've been thinking about kindness, and how many times during my life an unexpected word or act of kindness gave me a whole new perspective. The thought that someone would put themselves out for me just to help, and not because they hoped to get something out of it, was such a gift. Even though sometimes it was a very small thing, it was always meaningful because it was a form of caring, and in depressing times, caring was what I had little of. Kindness is giving, not asking. Kindness made me kind.
Posted by at

2 comments:

  1. Sally Sharp-PaulsenOctober 7, 2009 at 8:35 AM

    I keep reminding myself of the great quote from Kurt Vonnegut..."You've got to be KIND!"It really is as simple as that to make the world that much better!:) Thank you for your wisdom!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Troy Parker FarrOctober 7, 2009 at 12:26 PM

    Thanks for your comment! The older I get the more obvious it becomes to me that kindness is actually just treating others the way you'd like to be treated. It's so simple we all miss it.

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)