By Gonny 
Have you ever dropped a small stone into a still pond and watched the circles move across the water? That is what happens every time we choose kindness (love, peace, joy, forgiveness)
We never really know the effect we have on the people around us. We often think that making a difference has to be something big and dramatic, like saving a cat from a tree, or giving a million dollars to charity. But maybe the truth is much simpler, and much more beautiful.
Imagine this. You are standing in line at the supermarket. The person in front of you is clearly having one of those days. Things fall out of their hands, they look stressed, and the whole line has to wait a little longer.
You could sigh, look annoyed, and check your watch. Or you could say with a smile, “Are those advocados any good?” or “Oh no, now I see I should have bought that cheese too.”
And suddenly the moment becomes lighter. The person smiles, the line feels less heavy, and the supermarket is no longer only a place with shopping carts and tired faces, but a small place where kindness can happen between the avocados and the cheese.
And maybe in that small moment, something changes. That person walks to the car feeling a little softer inside. Because of that, they are a little more patient at home. Their child feels a little more seen. And maybe that child goes to school the next day and is kind to someone who feels lonely.
All because you smiled near the avocados and yhe cheese. Life can be very mysterious in a supermarket.
A Course in Miracles reminds us that our thoughts are never really private. Just like forgiveness, kindness does not stop with one person. When we offer kindness, we bless the other person, but we also remember something in ourselves. We remember that kindness is not something we have to learn. It is closer than that. It is our true nature.
So maybe the best advice is very simple: don’t wait for someone else to be kind first. Don’t wait for the perfect moment. Don’t wait until the world has finally sorted itself out, because honestly, that may take a while.
Just begin where you are.
Hold the door a little longer. Smile at someone. Send a message to a friend just to say, “I thought of you.” Say one kind word where you could have said nothing.
You may never know how far that small act travels.
But perhaps that is part of the beauty.
Kindness does not ask for proof before it gives itself away.
With love and light,
Gonny