Jos and I were heading back to our car the other day when we
were approached by a distressed elderly lady. She had placed her handbag in a
black Woolworth’s bag and left it beside her car, driven off only to find that
on her return 10 min later the bag was gone.
Together the three of us scoured the car park looking for
the missing bag. Strangely enough where she was parked there was a car with a
black Woolworth’s bag in the back. This may or may not have been her bag but I
wrote a note and left it on the windscreen leaving a short message and the elderly lady's name and number.
Although we had not succeeded in returning her handbag to
her she thanked us effusively for our ‘act of kindness’. Her choice of words stopped me short and I chuckled as I explained how my sister and I
were starting a charity that would conduct Acts of Random kindness. Her response to this was rather unexpected … “Oh no, there is no need to
give me money. I have enough money I just didn't want to cancel all my cards”.
We chatted for a little longer but I
was unable to convey to the elderly lady how our Acts of Random Kindness aim to make everyday people happy with lots of different things. She kept returning to kind acts of gifted money. As we drove away I realised that
kindness can mean so many different things to so many people.
It occurred to
me - A kind act is only a kindness, if the recipient is receptive to the action.
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