In my post, In Search of Peace: You Are Amazing, I wrote about my friends who, by their witness and example, encourage me to be a better person. Unfortunately, I often lack the courage to take that first step, to go up to a stranger and tell them that they are amazing. I'm not sure what it is, but I'm so hesitant about approaching people I don't know.
So this concept of practicing simple acts of kindness has been on my mind often. I haven't worked up the nerve to actually put it into practice more than once or twice (with the exception being at work, since it is part of my job). Today in my psychology class though, my professor brought up the same concept. Each day in class we are invited to share an act of kindness that we have performed and there is some related paper due at the end of the semester. I was excited that this is part of my class material. It gives me the little extra push to act.
So I invite anyone reading this to join me. Sometime this week perform one act of kindness- compliment a stranger, say "God bless you!" to the cashier, thank the janitor for the work they do, any little thing at all. If we do maybe our love, the love of Christ in us, will catch like fire. Wouldn't that be a great sight?
Pax Christi!
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