This morning, I woke up to a calendar notification that read, "World Kindness Day" that made me think when was the last time I was kind to someone. My brain wouldn't be quiet. An here I am, writing down to ease the imaginary pressure on what's enclosed in my cranium.
Being kind is so simple yet so strong. Acts of kindness hack the norm- "everything fades with time". They just remain, even more, when you are on the receiving end. During primary school, I would go to school on public transport. There would be just one bus in the morning that would drop me right in front of my school. To catch the bus, it was a 7-8 minute walk to the bus stop. This one driver who used to drive the bus 5 out of six weekdays would be so kind to stop the bus right in front of my house even in heavy traffic. That's the simplest act of kindness he would show to me being in that profession. We would just smile at each other and that's it. A good day to start. He might never even remember that he's done it but I would cherish it for a long long time. Our canteen Uncle, who would give a free choco- stick on birthdays, the butcher who would give leftovers to street dogs, an old lady at the corner of the street who would ask how-abouts of passers-by are all remembered for the small things they did.
We all talk about changing the world in so many ways, it's time we realize it just takes simple, inexpensive, little efforts to make a lot of difference. Being kind is instinctive, intuitive, it doesn't need a lot of planning or effort. It's just caring for others. Smile. Appreciate. Give. Thank. All unconditionally. Our simple gestures may make someone's day a little brighter, a lot happier. All of us realize how hard our responsibilities are to carry. We race with time and there's no excuse. But, it doesn't take a lot of time to say a few good words to the person who cooked for you today, send a quick text to an old friend while riding an elevator, hold an oldie's hand at the crossroad, smile to a familiar face on your street and the list goes on. There are no rules to follow, no books to learn from, no boundaries to be bound by for being kind. Let's use our profession to be kind to so many people in so many ways. Unknowingly, you might be the reason for someone not giving up today, for deciding to push a little more, to pass on kindness to someone else.
After all, one day, life has to stop and it would be lovely to be remembered for how kind we were rather than how busy we spent.
Just Be Kind.
