Let me tell you how cool this
is...Yesterday I was driving in the car with my oldest son and we were going to
grab a bite to eat. As usual, I see a dog that was obviously lost walking down
the street. It NEVER fails that I find lost dogs all the time or is it that I
notice them more than other people and I stop? Maybe I just have an eye for
them....either way..it drives my kids crazy that I cannot pass a dog unless I
see that there is an owner around or I can tell that it lives at that house and
just taking a walk to the sidewalk. This is probably the 3rd time in a month
that I've stopped to pick up a dog. Ok I'm getting to the point....
So, my son rolls his eyes at me as I slow down to check out
the cutest lil pup in the world (next to my Yorkie of coarse). I got out of the
car, instantly she/he ran to me and I thought for that split second..PLEASE have
a phone number on your collar. No, it did not but I did find the owners anyway.
Ok I'm working on the point....... My kids always ask me why do I have to stop
for EVERY stray or lost animal that I see??? Well, because If it were OUR dog,
wouldn't we want someone to help us find him? or we could be keeping this animal
from getting killed on the street. So, I'm closer to the point now.. :)
I was driving down the street today and on the radio I heard
about a Pastor named David Ferguson from Naperville, IL that walked into a
Kinko's with a cup of Starbucks. One of the employees asked him "Where's mine?"
so out of complete kindness, he asked the employee as well as 2 others what was
their favorite drink? He returned with 3 Starbucks. They were so excited and it
gave him the idea of the 365 club. He was asking that everyone do 365 acts of
kindness this year.....and I instantly knew that I wanted to be in the club. So
how about it? Would you be interested? We do not actually HAVE to be in HIS
club...we can all have our own little club. I'll call mine the 365 Random Acts
of Kindness Club. (kinda rings a bell, whatever that means..lol)
There are so many ways to help others randomly. Send a card to someone
just to say you are praying for them, give a dollar to the cashier towards the
person's order behind you, pick up someone's garbage can out of the street, cook
a meal for someone just to give them a break on a busy night, there a countless
ways to help someone even if it's being an encouragement....just making sure
that we go out of our way to do these acts. If we all did 365 acts of kindness
this year, can you imagine what a nicer place this world would be?
