Kindness! Could it hurt you?
Have you noticed lately that being kind to someone is like pulling teeth? I don’t really mean from myself to someone else but visa-versa. I don’t know about you, and perhaps it is just me noticing things, but people are either just ignoring others, snapping peoples heads off, or just down right being nasty to one another. I know that on a daily basis I am not innocent of being short with others but I do at least try to do things with a smile, a cheerful voice and a bit of a spring in my step. Being a teacher, and always under the watchful eye of kids, I try to lead by example. However, a select few others seem to do this. My teaching prep and upbringing have taught me that children follow the old motto of “monkey see, monkey do” so in turn if they see a teacher, who is a place of respect and is seen as a leader, being rude, disrespectful and unkind to others they are coming in contact with, then why should they be kind and nice as they know they should be? Some people just seem to have that kind of personality, I guess. I just don’t see how being always rude to others makes you a happy person. If you are always looking for and acting out in unkind and rude ways isn’t that most likely how mostly everyone you come in contact with see you? Aren’t first impressions supposed to be the impression that stays with people. So I say to all of you out there in blogland, try to do a random act of kindness, smile at someone and actually mean it, say things a little less harshly, and I can almost guarantee you that you will feel all the better for it and, who knows, you may have just made someones day.
Smiles and happy salutations. 
A
