If you are new here I just want to point out that one of the best things about this site is what I call "Collateral Kindness"! That is the opportunity we have here to help ourselves by helping others! With that thought in mind, I am re-posting a blog I wrote last May! If there is something there you can use, please take it!
May 20, 2010 by pir8fan Comments (13)
Who's life did you touch today? How did you change the future for someone you don't even know? Do you know? Odds are you don't! One of the miracles of this site is the way we share info with each other. Who does not love that feeling when someone tells you that something you said or did made their life better? There is an instant bond, and you want more of that feeling. It is the "Collateral Kindness" I have spoken of. Here we occasionally get the chance to get that feedback!
But, what about when you are not here? What small act of kindness did you show someone today? Who else saw it? That lady that you smiled at and said good morning to, what burdens did she carry? Had she lost all faith in human nature? Did you restore that? Was she planning something tragic? Did you prevent that? I don't know! Who else did you come in contact with today? How did you change their life? Are the people you met today better off because they met you, or worse? What seeds did you sow today? How do feel about reaping what those seeds produce?
Did you give everyone you met today the best you that you were capable of? I hope you did!! I hope I did!! We are not going to get much feedback from the rest of the world. It has been said that the great Joe DiMaggio was once ask why he hustled so hard on a play late in his career when his team was way ahead. He replied by waving to the crowd and saying "There may be someone there who has never seen me play before". I pledge to give everyone the best me I can be from this day forward! And I will not smell like smoke!
