Multiplying Kindness

Why, oh why, did I make that promise to myself because I know I will never break a promise – especially to myself. During endless days, I enjoyed working from dusk until dawn helping people. One day, someone asked how I want to be remembered in one word. Kind was my word of choice. That’s when I made the promise to do something kind every day.

Now needing to be “sheltered in place” means I can’t go out. Groceries are brought to my door. I feel old. In days gone by, I served meals to the homeless, helped kids learn to read, visited a prisoner, hosted events, and rarely got tired. I always wanted to do more. Now I sit here trying to find a way to know I am helping someone.

Was easy to make a ten-dollar donation to my friend’s favorite charity. Then I saw I could simply cut and paste images about kindness and send them to an organization where they add them to the meals they provide for the elderly. But I was running out of ideas.

Finally it came to me. If instead of my helping one child learn to read, if I encourage two people to do that, the results would double. And if I suggest that others buy a box of popsicles and take them to their local shelter, there might be dozens of kids who get a treat.

Scattering kindness is now my mantra, my website, and my promise is now multiplying.