Random Acts of Kindness

I want to remind everyone, including myself, that a simple act of kindness can go a very long way. It seems as though people just forget that they have the ability to help others. Think about it.

If you spend 1 hour reading to child with terminal leukemia, do you think that child will ever forget that hour? Just one hour has changed this beautiful little person's life forever.

There is a woman sitting in a convalescent home right now, tired and alone. Her husband passed away a long time ago and she has no other family. You go into the home with a few friends and you sing a song to her. For a brief moment, her face lights up, as it hasn't done in a long time. Neither of you will ever forget it.

There is a girl at your school who doesn't have any friends; who looks at the ground as she walks and hugs her books to her chest in an effort to shield herself from the other kids cruel comments. Can you take a moment out of your life to smile at her? Say hello? Maybe even ask if she'd like to have lunch with you. A half hour out of your life may not mean much to you, but I'll bet it will to her. In fact, you'll never know this, but this girl had been so depressed and lonely that she was going to do something drastic when she got home that day. You didn't just change her life; YOU SAVED IT.

Every person has been imbued with a truly awesome power: the power to have influence on the lives of others. It's just up to us to use it.

Helping others is important and it isn't even difficult! "I don't have time to help" isn't an excuse or a reason. All it takes is one story. One song. One smile. HELP.