Monday, 21 July 2008

RAK : Random Acts of Kindness

Are great. It's official.

Yesterday in sunny Horsham, a lady and her son were in the predicament of having a flat battery in her car and no jump leads. Havin been in this position more times than I care to remember, I was eager to help.

Out jumps my little brother ( officially known as "our kid") and jump starts the car. I took about 3 minutes to do and everyone was happy.

Now, the young lad, offered us some money for our help. He actually out a note on our car seat! A generous gesture, a way in which to thank us for our help.

But it made me feel somewhat sad.

When did we (and I mean our society) get to the point that we can't just help people without an expectation that we must do something in return. It was our pleasure to help them.

I have been inspired.

Today, I gave someone my all day tube ticket when I was finished with it. It will save that particular man £7. Brilliant. And our kid, always gives his car parking tickets to someone else, and if there is no-one there he sticks them to the machine!! Brilliant.

I am now completely committed to performing one random act of kindness each day. The look on people's faces makes it worthwhile.

Go on get on the RAK and make someone smile.

Daisy x

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