An Act of Random Kindness

For some reason I have always liked the movie Evan Almighty with Steve Carell.  It is a feel good movie where Morgan Freeman plays God and gets Carell to build an ark.  The plot ebbs and flows, the ark gets built and the good guys win.  At the end of the movie Morgan Freeman writes in the ground with a stick, "ARK"...an Act of Random Kindness.  I experienced one of those today.

I have been the supporter of many - often in such a way that I feel used in the end - taken advantage of.  I realize it is my fault for letting people walk on me because I can be such a wimp.  Many times when I say "no", it really isn't taken seriously because I haven't been a jerk about saying no and therefore have felt blown off.  In the past there have been incidents where I have asked for one simple wish to be followed.  When it wasn't and I held my ground I was labled mean and inconsiderate.  I could give a list the length of my arm where I have looked the other way in spite of what I have said or meant and because I don't stomp my foot, I am ignored.  Today I got a surprise that gave me faith once more in Acts of Random Kindness.

I have mentioned my friends before - and boy, I have some good ones.  I got a package in the mail today from a group of my friends with a gift, picked just for me, that basically said, "thanks for being a good person and a good friend".  On a morning when I didn't want to get out of bed, when the future of where things could go looked bleak, a small box arrives that says "we care".  It was an Act of Random Kindness that meant more that can be said in this blog.  My friends went to some length to collaberate and find something that was so....right.  At a moment in my life when I sometimes wonder if my destiny is to be pushed around and taken advantage of, some very good people assured me that the philosophy of Acts of Random Kindness is neither wrong nor forgotten.  To them I say a very humble thank you.  I love you all.