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Every Day, be Kind to a Stranger
On
his deathbed, Aldous Huxley reflected on his entire life’s learning and then
summed it up in seven simple words:
“Let us be kinder to one another.” All too often, we believe that in order to
live a truly fulfilling life we must achieve some great act or grand
feat that will put us on the front covers
of magazines and newspapers. Nothing could be further
from the truth. A meaningful life is made up of a series of daily acts of decency and kindness, which,
ironically, add up to something truly great over the course of a lifetime.
Everyone
who enters your life has a lesson to teach and a story to tell. Every person
you pass during the moments that
make up your days represents an opportunity to show a little more of the
compassion and courtesy that define
your humanity. Why not start being more of the person you truly are during your
days and doing what you can to enrich
the world around you? In my mind, if you make even one person smile during your day or brighten the mood of
even one stranger, your day has been a worthwhile one. Kindness, quite
simply, is the tent we must pay for
the space we occupy on this planet.
Become
more creative in the ways you show compassion to strangers. Paying the toll for
the person in the car behind you,
offering your seat on the subway to someone in need and being the first to say
hello are great places to start.
Recently, I received a letter from a reader of The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari who lives in Washington State. In it she wrote: “I have a practice of
tithing to people who have helped me along my
spiritual path. Please accept the enclosed check of $ 100 with my
blessing and gratitude.” I quickly responded
to her generous act by spending one of my audiotape programs in return so she
received value for the gift she sent me. Her gesture was a
great lesson in the importance of giving
sincerely and from the heart.
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