Kindness. Pass It On

This past week, while we were out to dinner, some young girls came and gave each of the kids a bottle of bubbles.

It was such a small gesture, but it has been on my mind all week. The world we live in is no longer kind. We don't know our neighbors, or trust anyone anymore. Everyone we meet could be a "bad guy" so we better not make eye contact or smile at them. Schools have shootings and countries are fighting. Turn on the news and you can just about guarantee that 95% of what you see and hear is depressing and down right scary. I think about all the bad in this world, and I think of my two young kids that we are raising. I think it is safe to say that we haven't even seen the worst of it yet. Bad things will keep happening and our world gets scarier and scarier.

The most important job I have as a parent is to care for my children, love them, and bring them up in the Truth. There is something bigger out there than all the bad things this world can throw at us. God is bigger than all of the muck. My prayer is that my kids know God. The world is going to throw all sorts of bad things their way, but if they have Hope, they will get through it.

This small gesture of a bottle of bubbles meant so much more to me. There is still kindness in this world. It may be hard to find sometimes, but it is there. There is always going to be someone in your life who will do the right thing because they love you, or simply because they can. That is why we keep going.

In the past few years, we have had so many people like that in our lives. Wonderful, kind people who have helped both us and others and never asked for anything in return. I know that I can't ever pay those people back, not really, not for all they have done. I can be grateful, and I can do my best to do the same for someone, someday.

So, whoever gave us the bubbles, thank you. Know that we received your message and have accepted the challenge. We will pass on kindness and continue to pass it on as often as we can. I also challenge anyone out there that reads this to pass on some kindness as well. It doesn't have to be anything big. In fact, it can be as small as giving a smile or handing someone a bottle of bubbles. Just be kind.

Pass It On