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KIND WORDS What Kind of Person Are You? "Excuse Me" The author wishes to remain anonymousEdited by Shmuel Greenbaum Printed with Permission of http://www.PartnersInKindness.org It was particularly busy at the local supermarket, since several of the cashiers were out sick due to the raw weather. I was at the end of one of the long lines when I noticed a woman squeezing herself back through the line in the opposite direction everyone else was moving in. She was holding a container and saying "excuse me" to each person she squeezed by to get through. I thought it was odd but soon forgot about it. A few minutes later the same woman came through the line again. This time, she was headed in the opposite direction (from the back of the line to the front) and the container she carried was full of ice water. Once again she squeezed through excusing herself to each of us waiting in the checkout line. Finally, she reached the cashier and gave her the water. The cashier was so grateful. She was sick and feeling very dehydrated but couldn't leave her register to get any water. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "What Kind of Person Are You?" From Kindness: Making a Difference in People's Lives: Formulas, stories, and insightsZelig Pliskin Printed with Permission of Shaar Press With each action you take and with every word you say, you answer an important question. "What kind of person are you?" Are you a giver or a taker? All takers must give and all givers must take. But there is a basic pattern of giving and a basic pattern of taking. A giver thinks about what he can do for others. He takes in order to give. A taker thinks about what others can do for him. Even when he gives, it is only because he wants to take. By increasing your giving, you become more of a giver. Are you a person who loves to do acts of kindness? You answer this by the way you react when people ask you to do things for them. Are you pleased to have opportunities to help others or do you resent people bothering you? The more you increase your sense of joy for doing things for others, the more you become a lover of kindness. As you respond compassionately to the plight of others, you become a compassionate person. Ignoring the plight of others gives a very different answer to the question, "What kind of person are you?" When you go beyond the ordinary to do major things for another human being, you create an extraordinary person. There is no limit to the heights to which you can elevate yourself. When you spend time thinking of creative ways to help others, your creativity is a work of art. There are many forms of creative artistry. The form that elevates you the most is creative kindness. You look for ways to help people who need help but are reluctant to take anything even time from others. You find creative ways to cheer up the despondent, to help people overcome their obstacles, and to make peace between people who quarrel. As you creatively find answers to people˘s problems, the kind of person you become is an elevated creative artist. You are creating a better life for a fellow human being. What kind of person do you really want to be? Writing this in the form of a mission statement or an essay has a powerful effect on one˘s self-image. The act of writing that you want to be a kind and compassionate giver motivates positive action. And the actual way you answer: "What kind of person are you?" is answered by the way you speak to others and what you do for them. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kind Words is a free weekly e-mail distributed by Partners In Kindness. The archive for Kind Words e-mails is located at: Although the content of these e-mails contains copyrighted material, Partners in Kindness allows users who register at our website to reprint them in print, on a website, or on an e-mail distribution list at no cost. If you have permission to reprint this e-mail, please ensure that you reprint the entire e-mail (including this notice). Names of people, places, and other details mentioned in these stories may have been changed to protect privacy. Kindness is like music, art, sports or any other discipline -- it can only be mastered with practice, training, and lots and lots of encouragement. That is what PartnersInKindness.org is trying to promote. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PartnersInKindness For further information, please visit our Website http://www.PartnersInKindness.org e-mail: info@... ----------------------------------------------------------------- To un-subscribe send a blank e-mail to: Kindness-unsubscribe@... To subscribe send a blank e-mail to: Kindness-subscribe@... |
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