"Do One Act of Kindness. Make One Person Smile."
October 07, 2016
I know it doesn’t seem like there’s much to smile
about—hurricanes, contentious presidential elections, and various other
distressing events and tragedies grab headline space in print and online.
There’s often not much we can do about the darkness in the world…except try to
lighten it a little by caring for others, by sharing simple pleasures with
others, spreading the ripples of kindness.
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| Image courtesy Billy Alexander |
Today is World Smile Day, a day its founder Harvey Ball (the artist who designed the original smiley face) envisioned as a day we go out of our way to smile and do kind acts. Its motto is simple: “Do one act of kindness. Make one person smile.”
I find it so easy to become overwhelmed by the troubles in
the world and in the lives of those I love, not to mention my own struggles. I’m ashamed to still need constant reminders
to seek for small kindnesses to share with others, but I’m going to keep
trying. One act of kindness at a time.
What kind actions made you smile today?
2 comments
Dear Kathy - it is often difficult to summon that smile but you certainly made me find one when I read this post. Odd that you mentioned kindness. For the past week in my daily devotions that word has been creeping up over and over. Isn't it wonderful when we can simply be aware of being kind to someone and making them smile. Your blog does that for me. Hope you have a great weekend and do a lot of smiling. Hugs!
ReplyDeleteDebbie--YOU have made me smile today, with your kind comments! Thank you for always being a ray of sunshine here. Hope you have a great and smile-full weekend, too.
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