Recently my mom, who is an incredibly kind-hearted person, was at the grocery store in her quaint little town in Western Massachusetts. She saw an elderly woman dressed shabbily and missing several teeth, which might deter some people from speaking to her. Not my mom. They bumped carts accidentally and my mom struck up a conversation with the woman, who turned out to be very sweet lady. My mother enjoyed their conversation a great deal, then said her goodbyes and went about shopping. Next on her list were fresh flowers (she loves to have flowers in the house). As she was standing in the floral section of the store, she decided that she would buy half the amount of flowers that she had initially wanted, and buy the woman she had been speaking to a bouquet of flowers. My mom had the florist make up a lovely arrangement, she paid for them, and then she went and found the woman who was still in the store shopping. The woman was taken aback by the gesture…truly touched. She said that no one had ever done anything like that for her before. Can you imagine – in all of her years, no one had gone out of their way to be that kind to her? My mom is the best example of how it only takes one act of kindness to make someone’s life a little bit brighter, happier, better. I try to take a page out of her book every day. It doesn’t have to be flowers…it could simply be a smile, a hello, a cup of coffee, a compliment. It’s the simplest thing to do. Be kind. #imkinderthanthat