Tales of Kindness

Pay it Forward – Links in the Chain of Kindness

Author: Don H. Morris

“Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.” Goethe

Have you ever had someone do something really nice for you, but you didn’t know who it was to thank them? When I was in graduate school on a limited budget I was running very short on funds one month. One day when I checked my mail, there was a plain white envelope with no return address. Inside was a twenty dollar bill, with a note that read, “Enjoy!” The note was unsigned. I never found out the identity of my unknown benefactor.         more

How Kind and Generous Do We Have to Be?

Author: Walter E. Jacobson, MD

I was driving down Reseda Boulevard on my way home from work. I was stopped at a light. Two cars on a side street were waiting to merge into my lane. Wanting to be a nice guy, I waved at the driver of the first car, giving him the go-ahead to pull in front of me.

As he’s doing this, I’m thinking, “Okay, I did my social duty. I let one car in. Now it’s my turn. The next guy has to let the next person in. After all, fair is fair. The protocol for kindness in this circumstance, the agreed upon social convention is you let one car in and then you get to go. No harm, no foul.”      more

Kindness of Strangers – Inspiration for an Ordinary Day

Author: Patricia B. Crisafulli

I have been aware in recent days of the kindness of strangers. Small things mostly, a bit of grocery-store advice, a scrap of conversation with someone I accidentally called on the phone. Smiles from people I don’t know. A gentle warning about ice from the mail carrier in another neighborhood.

These are not extraordinary events such as what happened in my community a couple of weeks ago. A construction crew on their way to a job site stopped at a house fire and rescued a woman trapped on the top floor before the firefighters arrived.          more

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