Kindness. I wish there would be more kindness in this world. I have been thinking about it a lot recently. People are so cruel and selfish. All they ever do, they do for themselves.
I believe in kindness. I believe in love. I think if everybody would be kind to their neighbor and to their brother, and the Walmart cashier, and the waitress, it would spread like wildfire. Everybody wants to be loved. Nobody wants to be yelled at. But people do it all the time and make so many other lives miserable.
At the checkout, a lady didn't have money to pay all her items. As she was taking an item off her bill, a man, three people back in the line, grabs his wallet, and pulls out a bill. He insists on paying it for her. When she mildly protests, he insists. "No, take it. It's not from me. It's from the Lord. Please, take it!"
When he came up to check out, the cashier thanked him for doing it. "No, don't thank me. It was from the Lord! It's his money."
Boom. Here I am, watching her count her last bills, and a random man insists on helping her out in the Lord's name. It was amazing. He had no second thought; he only saw someone who was in need, and he helped her out, because that is what Jesus has asked of us.
And I think life would be so much better if everyone would be more kind.
So, I try to be kind. Maybe I can't change the world. But I'll still be kind to those around me.
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