It's a big questions isn't it .... ? And one I have been asking myself lately ( probably way more then an 18 year old should, but I'm quirky like that ).
It is far too easy to slide from one day to another on auto pilot , yet we all do it- ! We are all guided by our "to do list" the goal you must get done each day . We all drift from one day to another without even noticing really. I do this just as much as anyone else. Take now for instance - I am sitting on my bed, I should be asleep as I have school in the morning but I'm not . I am hear writing this blog adding a little excitement to my rather dull routine. I still have to get up at the same time in the morning , but I want to write right now , so I will .
At the end of a life....at the end of your life when everything else falls away , what emerges ? What have you filled the world with ? When remembering you , what words will people use to describe you ? I wonder, don't you ? Smart, pretty, athletic , beautiful , funny ,energetic, loyal ...? Of all the adjectives , I think if the word kind is up there , then chances are you have led a life worth being remembered . " kindness acts as a revealing marker that way " .
Yesterday I was in the supermarket . While we were going about our usual autopilot business there, I noticed a gentleman , with a trolley full of stuff, speaking to a woman and her kids . He reached into his trolley and produced a yogurt drink for all four of the children . It then because clear to me that these were not children he knew and he was simply treating them to something special, a little treat ... he did not know them he was simply being kind ... as the mother said " say thank you to the gentleman " a beaming smile came across this mans face . I stood there in awe at this random act of kindness .
This act of kindness wasn't a major act to end world hunger , but it was a major act of kindness . As I saw his face light up at the resounding " thank you" coming from the children I knew this would stick in my mind, and it has. I probably wouldn't be writing this if he was just going about his shopping on autopilot as most people are when shopping .
Societies run on kindness , it is the fuel that runs everything . If there is no kindness then something is seriously lacking .
SO....lucky for us, kindness is something that comes easily and naturally to most . All it requires is an awareness of those around you . Being in tune with what is going on around you, the people you encounter in your everyday life . Maybe even cutting off the distractions that sometimes get in our way might help .
"A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy."~Thomas Carlyle
So How do you want do be remembered ? ! ?
How do we , collectively as a people want to me remembered ??.... the clue is already there - we are manKIND .
Aoife Marie Elizabeth ♪
