I am feeling really good today. Just got released from the “Milky Way and Snickers Rehab. Center from Halloween candy addiction. I attribute part of my downfall to the four and five year old “Trick or Treaters”. This age group is vicious when it comes to negotiations. Try trading two bags of M&M’s for one Milky Way bar. Five year old, “Nope, not unless you throw in a Twixt bar.
Today’s assignment is a two part question. 1. How would you define kindness? ( no fair Googling). 2. Name five people you feel are kind and why? You are thinking ” easy-peasy”, just be sure to think through the “WHY”.
At my age I have amassed a long list of kind people. Rest assured it was not derived from the typical mundane, “It is so good to see you”. You’re thinking,” Really, where were you when I needed a friend”? Have you ever heard someone make the comment, ” I am a good judge of character, or you only have one chance to make a first impression”. And then ( wait for it) after a period of time you think, ” what the h*%# was I thinking”?
If I may get personal, my mom tops my list of kind people. I recall a conversation with my mom years ago regarding her safety ( widower- living by herself) and strangers knocking on her door. My question to her, ” Mom what would you do if John Dillinger ( notorious bank robber from the great depression) knocked on your door and said he was hungry”? Her reply, ” if he was hungry I would offer him something to eat”. Of course the food would include a healthy serving of Biblical content as well. She was a true giver.
In the world there are givers and takers. I propose true givers do it because of a kind heart. I also propose that some takers abuse the kindness. There is an old adage, ” A taker is someone who will steal your wallet and then try to help you find it”. I hope your answers to question 1 and 2 have more givers than takers. Be safe.
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