#smallkindness

[legomars]

I see people going about their ordinary lives & I wonder if they need a small kindness or maybe just a smile--and if it would help them feel safe in the world.

[incoherenceisbliss]

Small kindness: Rome

I was recently in Rome, brief visits bookending a short trip to Macedonia. My companion was more comfortable taking cabs to and from the airport rather than the train, so we got a fair bit of exposure to a slice of Rome's taxi drivers. One stands out - a man probably about my age with fresh-from-bed hair he constantly had his hands in. He insisted his English wasn't good, but it was good enough to get across that his family had been Roman for many generations, and that he was very proud of his city. I couldn't swear to it, given the crazed twining of Rome's streets and my own lack of familiarity with the city, but I suspect we may have taken a slightly roundabout route to our hotel in order to have a few notable monuments pointed out to us. If I'm right, it was at no benefit to him, given the fixed fare from the airport to central Rome, and he further short-circuited my plan to give him a tip by putting exact change on the console before he got our bags. I don't know what it was for him, but for me, it was a small kindness.

[alvianussaleppang]

Small things can change the world

Thursday, 6 Feb 2014..

On my way back from my class at NPUC to the Varona’s with my friend Atif from Pakistan at around 5 pm, I met the old lady near NPUC, and I saw that she looked like she was holding her tears. At first, I just passed by her. But after five meters, I started thinking that there was something wrong with this old lady. And I told my friend Atif, “We have to go back to the old lady because I saw that she seemed like she was crying.” He said to me, “Let’s go pray for her.” When we tried to talk to her, we had a problem with language barrier. Luckily, my friend Deonnel passed by and I told him to stop and to ask the old lady what happened to her. Briefly, she told us that her son got in trouble that day somewhere in Makati. She wanted to go there but she couldn’t because she had no money. At that time, we tried to help her by giving her a small amount of money. However, she rejected and said, “It’s okay, I’m fine.” We tried to persuade her to take the money, and she was so thankful. After that, we prayed for her and we separated.

One thing came to my mind that day. What would happen if I did not care when I saw the old lady? Maybe there would be no one who would help her at that time. We won’t know. That is why we have to be concerned always about our environment. Wherever we go, we have to start thinking how we could be a channel of blessings today? Have I reflected the character of Jesus? We have to notice that maybe somebody needs help at that time and God is calling you to help them, to let them know that God is Emmanuel, always with us through compassion in even just small things.

[stellasstones]

'breaking bread' #22 November 2012

breaking bread – she gives me her sweetest smile .