It's the little things

There are days that I don't even come close to fulfilling my acts of kindness requirement, there are days that have twice the amount I need and there are days that one thing happens that makes it feel like it's all worth it. There have been a few days where I offered help and ended up feeling a little silly when it wasn't needed, but the times that it is makes it worth the embarrassment. There was a lady struggling with an overloaded shopping cart in the parking lot and I automatically asked if she needed help, feeling sure that she would say she was fine. She looked so relieved and said would you mind? It actually made my day. Hey, I made someones life a little easier today and that's pretty cool. I feel like even though sometimes my acts of kindness fall behind on a daily basis that it has changed the way I go about my everyday life. Its so easy to walk around in your own world thinking of this or that and most of us hurry everywhere we go because we're all so busy. It's rare to walk past someone and make eye contact, but I think that it's important for us to put a face to all the strangers that we exist side by side with everyday, it makes it easier to help each other, and there should really be more of that in the world.