Saturday, December 03, 2005
A KINDNESS A DAY
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I am always helping people in one way or another. One day I was listening to a friend; I told her that I try to do one act of kindness everyday in hopes it will eradicate a sin I may have unconsciously committed in the Book of Life.
When I finished talking my husband said, "May I ride with you today When you go do the grocery shopping?" Surprised he would ask me that, I didn't question his request and said, "Sure why not, then we can spend some time together as you are always busy."
So we left and spent the whole day together. When we got home and put away the groceries. I thanked him for being so kind as to come with me. He answered, "M.J., the real reason that I went with you is because you always tell people to do just one act of kindness, like eating an apple a day, keeps the Devil away, so I asked to ride with you to see if it was true."
Surprised I asked why and he replied, "Because I wanted to see if you practiced what you preach and trust me, I will never doubt anything you say again."
He said:
(1) When we got in the van, you let the car across from us go first while watching that no car was coming from behind and you signaled him to go.
(2) When we reached the stop, you signaled for people to cross the street saying that this way you protect them at least when you are at the stop sign because most drivers don't care about people, they just want to be on their way.
(3) On the freeway you signaled the trailer trucks when you were letting them take the lane and slowed down to give them space to change lanes, saying that they had a delivery to make on time and that you had all the time in the world.
(4) When we arrived in the store parking lot as you went to take a spot, someone else just swiped in front of you and we had to go all the way to the back. You never got angry. You said, "Well, maybe he has sore legs and needs to be closer," and you laughed. (I was walking with a cane at the time)
(5) As we arrived at the entrance door, you opened the door and let an elderly couple in saying, "Beauty before age."
Well when I counted up 25 acts of kindness I stopped counting because your one act of kindness just rolls into many more. I couldn't believe it; you are so kind that I am sure that in the Good Book it will outweigh whatever you do wrong. From now on I will also do your one act of kindness a day, and I will never doubt anything you say you do ever again.
I laughed and said, "Kindness is like a box of chocolates, when I open the box, I can never eat just one. I finish the box!" Which is true, that is why I don't buy a whole box; it doesn't last the day. But I am so used to being kind that I don't even notice I am doing it. It is just loving my fellow man. Jesus did say "love thy neighbor as thyself."
PRAYER
"Give us, Lord, a humble, quiet, peaceable, patient, tender and charitable mind, and in all our thoughts, words and deeds a taste of the Holy Spirit. Give us, Lord, a lively faith, a firm hope, a fervent charity, and love of you. Take from us a lukewarmness in meditation, dullness in prayer. Give us fervor and delight in thinking of you and your grace, your tender compassion towards me. The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for: through Jesus Christ our Lord. " (Prayer of Thomas More)
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