Monday, April 10, 2006

Random acts of kindness

I'm never really sure what to think these days when people are nice to me. I'm talking about complete strangers. Last weekend there seemed to be a whole sequence of random acts of kindness happening to me, and to my family.

You could be forgiven for sometimes thinking that the whole planet has been overrun by narrow-minded and selfish people, intent on screwing the last penny out of you and making your life a living hell. There's plenty of that kind of incident around.

So, when people do stuff that is just plain kind and decent, even when it's something as simple as someone smiling at you in that really genuine way to appreciate your custom, well that startles me these days.

It's good to know that some people actually still like other people, even though they are strangers to each other.

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