Be Kindness
With Labor Day weekend, as a culture we Americans enter our most hectic time: Football, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Gift Buying, Ramadan & Eid al-Fitr, Christmas, Hanukkah, Gift Returning, New Year Celebrations. Add to all this the getting together (or not) of family and the typical family tensions.
So…. Since I stress in my book the biblical significance of being in the Now, I’ll try to practice the following, which I received as an email:
As the world fights to figure everything out, I'll be holding doors for strangers, letting people cut in front of me in traffic, saying good morning, keeping babies entertained in grocery lines, stopping to talk to someone who is lonely, tipping generously, waving at police, sharing food, giving children a thumbs-up, being patient with sales clerks, smiling at passersby, and buying a stranger a cup of coffee.
Why?
Because I will not stand to live in a world where love is invisible. Join me in showing kindness, understanding, and judging less. Be kind to a stranger, give grace to friends who are having a bad day, be forgiving with yourself.
If you can't find kindness, BE kindness.
Donald L. O'Dell
September 7, 2023
