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Tuesday night, at confession, Father gave me the usual penance: prayers. Then he hesitated and said, "I'm going to give you a second penance, a fun one, 'cause I know I can do this with you. You are to do an anonymous act of kindness for someone. It doesn't matter who it is, as long as they don't know about it."I decided to give a thank you card and a chocolate bunny to the cleaning woman at work. She's such a cheerful person and she does such a terrific job. The only problem was I didn't know her name!
I asked my co-workers. None of them knew. I emailed my boss (I knew she would know), and as I was doing that, one of my co-workers started instant messaging everyone in the plant for her name. No one knew. It was pretty embarrassing for all of us!
Finally, my coworker got a response from someone who knew her name. Simultaneously, my boss emailed me. This co-worker then instant messaged everyone she had contacted and told them her name.
So, the very small act of kindness I had had in mind morphed into an even better one! Now we all know her name. And we won't forget it either, especially after the very special way we all found out! :-)
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- Posted by Dobby
- Aug 18, 2013
- Comments (18)
Readers Comments
beetoote wrote: I like reading these stories. I also gain from them. Thank you.
pluto178 wrote: For years after i retired i used to get a christmas card from the cleaner at my company. For some reason it was the card i was most proud to receive. It showed me i had been the kind of boss i set out to be. She gave me a sense of achievement because her kindness to me was from the heart. Delightful story with a wonderful lesson to us all. x
moral12 wrote: That was a good "penance" for you to do, and, you learned the lady's name, too.
debj wrote: How lovely! To show you care in such a wonderful way!
debj wrote: How lovely! Bless you for caring!
jcdery wrote: I love your story! And i love the way it spread to all of your other coworkers - what an amazing gift you gave to someone who works hard to keep the environment clean. Beautiful :)
sabrina wrote: You thought of someone who people usually take for granted. You made her day. Gbu, smilessss
MakeSomeoneSmile wrote: God works in so many different ways. I love that you were asked to do an act of kindness! :)
princessliz wrote: I wonder if this came at the right time for her. Imagine working somewhere and no one called you by your name.
Thanks for selecting her, this was a good kindness exercise.
Thanks for selecting her, this was a good kindness exercise.
Mish wrote: Perhaps Father & you were used as her Angels here...as Liz says, maybe she needed o be "recognized"... perhaps a little "miracle" here?????
