Kindness Counts!!!

It was a beautiful drive in this morning. I had the thrill of coming up behind my wife already in route on the interstate as the sun was rising to its most glorious voyage to the center of the sky. I like watching her when she doesn't know I am there....studying her expressions, how she moves, how she reacts, the way her hair fits her face and/or shoulders, the proportions of her face, the point of her nose....etc. You get the picture. Anyway, she gets off the interstate before I do. I continue onward a couple of exits.

Eventually I come to a point that a big suv wants to change lanes. His light is on but there really isn't a space. I slow and let him in. Then the magic happens! He throws up his hand to say "thank you"! Kindness counts! Many times you can do things for people and they just accept or expect you to do it with not so much as a kiss my butt. I like kindness—giving or receiving. Who doesn't? But those old fashioned things my grandma taught me still count.

Always say thank you.
Always wash your hands.
Always leave it like you found it or better.
Treat everybody like you would like to be treated.
Always give the benefit of the doubt.
One good turn deserves another.
Don't put off what you can do now.
Respect your elders.

I know these things are still out there somewhere and sometimes you find it in the strangest of places. These are the kinds of things that promote Random Kindnesses all day long. I look forward to the next kindness—giving or receiving.

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