Matters of the Heart
Practice
Random Acts of Kindness and Senseless Acts of Beauty
I always love to hear how this meaningful movement has touched
other’s lives. You’ve seen those bumper stickers, the ones encouraging you to
commit “random acts of kindness?” What they can’t tell you in that little space
is how performing those acts can be a way of transforming yourself. When you
begin to focus on extending kindness toward others, you’ll feel more kindness
coming toward you. Not only will you make someone else’s day better, you’ll be
surprised at how well yours improves. It’s rather like the “secret Santa” gift
exchange that many offices and families adopt during the weeks leading up to
Christmas. There is delight when you do something for another while keeping
your identity a secret. When you watch a person receiving a surprise gift, you
see their face change, the eyes open wide with delight, a smile bursting into a
grin, and laughter erupting. They appear to feel sheer joy at the unexpected.
The old adage is true: “It is in giving that we receive.”
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