small things

I think everyone who is a part of the UBBT team has the 1000 acts of kindness as a requirement. We all know how good it feels to do an act of kindness for someone, even if that person doesn't know it was you. We all know how good it feels to be the one receiving an act of kindness, it makes you want to do something good in turn. How about an act of unkindness? What do you want to do when someone treats you badly, or cuts you off in traffic? You probably feel like round housing them to the head, or maybe a quick take down with a nice finishing reverse to the face. OK maybe that's harsh, but it doesn't make you want to do something kind for them, it makes you want to do something unkind. I feel like for every act of kindness that's paying its way forward around the world there are hundreds more acts of unkindness paying their way forward too. There is a woman who works at the deli where I shop and she is always cheerful and goes out of her way to give good service. One day there was a woman in front of me who treated her condescendingly and was very rude to her for no reason. When it was my turn the normally cheerful woman was grumpy and short with me. How many times have we done the same thing. Something happens to you that makes you mad and you snap at your kids or spouse or even friends for something you normally wouldn't. Although it will probably be hard the first few times, I encourage everyone to take every opportunity you can to repay and act of unkindness with an act of kindness. You can stop that bullet matrix style. Just say no, and pluck it out of the air and now it's lost it's power. You never know what has happened to someone, why certain things happen, but we can make the world a better place, or someones world better with such small actions.