Nothing makes me feel as good as I feel when I participate in a random act of kindness, or any act of kindness for that matter. Last night I was preparing for a clothing exchange with about 15 girls. There was this black sweat pant outfit with a jacket with beautiful embroidery on both that a friend had given to me, that I was contemplating taking it to exchange. The sweat suit was a little to small for me, but I was crazy about it. This wasn’t your typical sweatsuit by the way, the embroidery was fantastic. I kept trying it on, thinking that I would wear it someday. So, as I was looking through my closet, picking the clothes to take, there the sweatsuit is staring at me, and I have to make a decision. After long deliberation, I put it in my pile to take.
I arrived at the exchange, laid out my clothes and started to get to know the girls and go through clothes. The hostess of the exchange saw the sweat suit and was crazy about it, as crazy about it as I was. She tried it on, and it looked unbelievable on her, it fit her perfectly. She was so excited. She said she had been cleaning all day preparing for the exchange and this was such a perfect gift for her hard work. Her excitement about the sweatsuit made me so happy about taking it to the exchange that there was absolutely no remorse about not having it myself. She tried it on twice through out the night and kept expressing her excitement and gratitude.
Isn’t that how it always is when we give or do random acts of kindness. We always think we are doing it for the other person, when in fact it makes us every bit as happy as it does the receiver.
The whole night was women thanking each other for the gifts that they had contributed and sharing of their lives experiences. It was one of the most loving environments I have been in, in a long while. It just make me connect with myself, through connecting with these amazing women. This is what giving does, it connects us to that space inside our selves that is aching to connect. So if you are ever feeling disconnected from the world, people or yourself, a random act of kindness will bring you back home to yourself.
Step out and make it part of your life to give a Random Act of Kindness and to look a what you are grateful for, it make us feel so good.
