Many years ago, I worked in a midnight shift, in a hospital, in Indiana. I was earning money to go back to college. Some of the people on that shift could be unfriendly; it wore one me. However, there was one woman who was extremely cheerful and always so kind. Other staff would go to talk to her on breaks because they would leave feeling much better.
I lacked some basic social skills due to my Asperger's. She let me make the mistakes one normally makes in his early teens. She showed me kindness at a time when life was very dark for me. I went back to school and graduated.
I've felt moved to pay her kindness forward and I have tried to do so. Her small gift of kindness has been repaid many times over. We have two choices in life: kindness or violence. Each is a gift that keeps on giving. When you know that your gifts will be replaced more than a billion times does the choice seems clear?
I choose kindness whenever possible. I do not regret any of the choices I've made from kindness. But I do regret many of the choices I made out of fear, in violence. I wish I could thank that woman now, though I have no idea where she is. She impacted my life in a way that she'll never know. And now the ripples of her kindness flow through me to many others.
I lacked some basic social skills due to my Asperger's. She let me make the mistakes one normally makes in his early teens. She showed me kindness at a time when life was very dark for me. I went back to school and graduated.
I've felt moved to pay her kindness forward and I have tried to do so. Her small gift of kindness has been repaid many times over. We have two choices in life: kindness or violence. Each is a gift that keeps on giving. When you know that your gifts will be replaced more than a billion times does the choice seems clear?
I choose kindness whenever possible. I do not regret any of the choices I've made from kindness. But I do regret many of the choices I made out of fear, in violence. I wish I could thank that woman now, though I have no idea where she is. She impacted my life in a way that she'll never know. And now the ripples of her kindness flow through me to many others.
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- Posted by medicinebison
- Jan 26, 2019
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Readers Comments
mindyjourney wrote: Grateful you are still choosing kindness, my friend! Thank you :))
DANCE wrote: Thank u for choosing kindness
leoladyc728 wrote: so glad this person was in your life
pluto178 wrote: Getting to grips with Aspergers is difficult because initially you have no comprehension that things are different for others so you sound as though you have that sorted and being accepted snd loved even by strangers can be consoling.........I have met people in my life who have helped me for goodness knows what reason they have been more than wonderful for me snd whennever i find myself in a similar situation I try to offer the same sort of help if at all possible and then i know i am paying it forward......it seems you are getting opportunities in your life to do the same so well done for showing that appreciation in the best possible ways x
Rajni wrote: Your good karma of the past/past lives is giving you sweet fruits their of. When we can't locate the person we want to thank, our prayers to God filled with gratitude for that person reaches him/her. God is Omniscient.
Yvonne McAskill wrote: That touched my heart. It teaches that when we come from love, and that is our place of being. We don’t need to ever know who and how the energy of love touches. I too have been so grateful for the love and kindness i have received throughout my life. And i know it does not ever stop. Than you for sharing this.
