Often we have opportunities for kindness each day, we just have to follow through.
Once I was working at a place and a pregnant woman was standing in the hall. She was talking with coworkers and I went past her a few times working on different issues. Finally it occurred to me that she had been standing in the hall awhile, and I noticed the last time I passed her that she was pressing on her back and leaning against the wall due to the weight.
So clearly she needed to relax her back. I took a chair from my office and wheeled it out into the hall so she could sit down. She and the group of women were so touched at what I did they all thanked me. I said you are welcome and moved on to continue with my job.
Later that day I saw that woman again and she thanked me again. I said it is our responsibility to be kind and help others and she said that she wished more people felt that way. I would want any woman that I cared about who was pregnant to be helped and made the process of pregnancy easier.
I was thinking that perhaps she needed a footstool as well and so I went down and asked the department that handles that. The department person said that they thought they brought her a footstool but she would double check that she received it. So perhaps I helped her twice and she didn’t realize it.
It is not important that you get credit for helping people, but it is enough to know that I find ways to be helpful and useful to people. One of the nicest things is to give a gift and be anonymous. Then you can see the surprise and delight that the person has when they receive the gift.
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