While looking for stories about kids, I came across the following site: http://www.adoptn.org/easter.html with a story of incredible unselfishness. In a "me-first" world it is heartening to read about kids with generosity of spirit.
Have you ever been the recipient of an anonymous good deed? Ever had someone spontaneously pay your toll at a bridge, pay your bill at McDonalds, shovel the snow from your walks, clean the snow from your car, mow your lawn?
I have.
And the impulse is to do something for someone in return. But if you don't know who did the good deed, then you just have to find someone else to do a good deed for. I've been the recipient of bags of groceries in the midst of the poorest time in my life. Someone once paid my heating bill when I had no money to pay it. I never found out who that person was. Whoever you were, if you're reading this, I paid it forward. Thank you so much for a warm house.
My friends, there are so many people in need. So many who suffer in loneliness and silence. You say you don't know what to do? You say there's no money? Hmmm. Well, it costs about thirty dollars for my husband and I to go out to eat. So what could we do with thirty dollars instead?
Take a friend to lunch.
Buy a needy neighbor groceries.
Pay a child's school lunch ticket.
Pick up a prescription for someone with no medical coverage.
Pay for someone's oil change and maintenance.
If you have a bit more...
Pay for books for a college student.
More groceries for that needy neighbor.
Fill their gas tank while your at it.
Buy several nice plants and then drop them off at a nursing home to be distributed to residents that never receive company.
There are opportunities everywhere. All you have to do is listen and look. Almost all of us know the signs of distress. Anonymity eases the humiliation and embarrassment of the recipient. The best thing is to attach a nice little note that says something like: "This has been a service of the Good Neighbor Committee."
No money?
Mow a lawn. Shovel a walk. Rake leaves. Wash a car. Offer to vacuum and dust for someone who can't do those things for themselves. Put together a meal in disposable containers and deliver it anonymously. Share your blessings. Service from the heart does the soul good and puts a smile on the face. Trust me on this.
Anny
Please drop by Kelly's blog for the quote of the week at http://www.kkirch.blogspot.com/ and then trot right over to Amarinda's blog to see what she's up to today at http://www.amarindajones.blogspot.com/ and then? Blessings on your day.
