Saturday, December 14, 2013

Spreading Kindness this Holiday Season


Friday morning my husband and I went out early to shovel the driveway. 
Normally I don't help with shoveling/snow blowing, but our snow blower belt broke and I figured it would be much faster if I went out and helped the best I could (I can't do too much because I have a bad back). 
Maybe 45 seconds had gone by and a man with a plow drove up into our driveway and plowed for us. 
I asked my husband to run in and find some cash. 
When he tried to pay the guy (who we found out was actually a neighbor), his response was "You didn't ask me to do it. Just go get ready for work." 
He finished plowing and headed out. 

Throughout the day the snow just kept coming. 
And as I was just finishing up cleaning off my car, the woman parked next to me came out. 
Her car completely covered in ice & snow. 
My car was all ready to go. Warmed up, deiced & cleared off. 
But it was nasty out. 
Thinking back to that morning, when I needed to get ready for work, someone was kind enough to take the time to help me.
I thought, this is my time to return the favor to someone else. 
I am sure she wanted to get home... or at the very least, get into a warm car. 
So, I helped clean off her car. We chipped away at the thick ice together. 
She thanked me several times and said I didn't need to help her. 
I simply explained that someone that same morning had helped me and it's the right thing to help others out. I just asked that she do something kind for someone else. 

It's the holidays. 
It's a time where we should be slowing down. 
Enjoying our friends and family. 
And helping others. 

I don't know if it's because of my brother moving away and joining the military that has cleared up my mind, but now more than ever, I want to help spread happiness and joy to others. 
And the holiday is the perfect time to start. 
Kindness is infectious. 
That one kind gesture that started in my driveway, and continued on into my work parking lot, and then onto who knows where, is a start to a beautiful cycle. 
If only more people were willing to stop and help others. 
Could you imagine what the world could become?

This holiday season, I urge everyone to do one kind thing for a stranger.
Or maybe a co worker who is having a hard time or is over worked. 
Or a family member who is stressed out with their kids and hasn't had a date night with their spouse in weeks. 

I can guarantee your unexpected, spontaneous, genuine act of kindness will start to spread a cycle of pure joy. 
And isn't that the best gift you could give to someone this time of year?


** Special Thank You to the incredibly generous and kind stranger that bought my brother his Starbucks in the airport in between flights after his leave. It is your act of kindness that has humbled my heart. And I know my brother appreciated it too. 

*** Special Thank You to a friend who was kind enough to send my family & I well wishes this season. 
"Meghan you always have the greatest posts! I enjoy following your page! Keep it up! We are praying for you and your brother and family this holiday season! We thank him for supporting our country and freedoms and we thank your family for supporting him! God bless and happy holidays!"
THANK YOU JACKIE. 


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