Acts of Kindness
February 5, 2010 by Jenny Neighbour
This morning, my 16 year old had an issue with her car. Now keep in mind that she is a NEW driver and a little nervous on the snowy roads. She ran over a plastic bag that got STUCK underneath her engine somehow. I guess it made a weird sound and gave off a “burning-type” odor as well. This scared my daughter and since her dad was at work…she came to me!
I couldn’t reach the bag so I told her to go to the local BP Amoco station owned by a great guy named Tim. Deb and I know him well and I just knew that they would take good care of her! My frightened and extremely SHY girl went to the gas station and do you know what they did for her?
They put that car up on blocks…got the bag out…torched the remainder of the bag off of the engine so it wouldn’t smell…and sent her on her way with a smile on their face. They treated her with the highest respect and didn’t even CHARGE her for the service. Can you believe this???!!!
I went over to the station after I got off of work to thank them and to see if I could pay them. They acted like it was no big deal and would not take any money! I am pretty much a SAP but sitting in Tim’s Amoco with tears in my eyes was pretty embarrassing! I was so proud to be a member of this community! I was so happy that my daughter was well taken care of and that she was able to SEE first hand, what it feels like to be on the receiving end of kindness.
Another act of kindness…JUST TODAY! After teaching my Drums Alive class this morning, I found out that one of our precious members named Wreta, actually SWEPT the exercise floor before our exercise class. She said the floor needed swept so she grabbed a broom to take care of it. She didn’t want anything in return…she just did it out of the kindness of her heart! (I did give her a HUG, however!) Also…before class…3-4 sweet ladies helped set up for the class for me! I didn’t even ask them to do so…they just DID IT on their own!
Look around you. What can you do to offer a little bit of kindness to someone else? Who knows…maybe if we all actually LOOK around for something nice to do…we can make this world a better place. The thing is…it doesn’t have to be big…even the smallest of things can make someones day a little brighter!
Let’s give this a try! Let’s join the ranks of Tim, Wreta, and the Drums Alive girls today…join the KINDNESS team and spread a little JOY!
God bless!
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I’ve always felt it was better to give than receive, but then I realized if I didn’t allow someone to do something for me, I was taking away their joy in giving.
I was ask toa provide a dinner for some missionaries who were busy packing to go back to their field. After I hung up the phone, I decided I was going to provide a whole days meals.
So I bought 2 boxes of cereal, a box of oatmeal, Pop Tarts, Milk & orange juice. Then for their lunch I made a big batch of chicken salad, bought buns, chips, & apples. For dinner I made enough spaghetti & meat balls to last several days, and made a salad, took Vienna bread and butter, then made 2 pies. all of this was to serve 9 people.
When I called to make arrangements, I was told they were having a rough time as family had moved in with her parents for the last few weeks & her Dad had lost his job so things were tight, I was glad I fixed some extra & passed the word to others that they might do the same when it was their turn to provide food. Interesting that God lead me to provide extra before I knew it was needed. But that’s the way God is !!