Do this today

This morning on my way home from dropping the kids off at VBS, I was confronted in the parking lot by a gaggle of geese idling along the road.

They were crossing in front of me, aimless and unaware as a group of teenage girls expanding across the corridor of a mall.  All of my inching forward (and eye-rolling) was doing nothing to move them along when a stranger going about her morning appeared behind them and shooed them across for me.

I smiled, waved, and made my right turn onto the road.

I smiled the whole way home.

I called my mother and told her.

I texted my husband and told him.

I was genuinely surprised and appreciated this stranger’s simple act of kindness.  I was eager to share it.

Be kind today—to your mate, your customers and clients, your kids, the cashier at the grocery store, the stranger on the train.

Say hello even when you don’t feel like it.

Answer an email.

Call a past client just to ask how they’re doing.

Email a random subscriber—ask what you can do for them today.

Hold the door for more than just the person behind you.

Tell a stranger that you love their hair, makeup, shoes, necklace.

Be kind.