While in line at a Tim Horton’s drive-thru earlier today, I gave space to another car to go in front of me.
Not thinking twice about it, I drove up to the window to pay and as I reached for my wallet, the employee, with a big grin on her face handed me my drink and told me that same car had already paid for it.
I’ve been in a pretty bad headspace all weekend. Rumination has kept me in a vicious loop of negative feelings and intrusive thoughts, which, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t seem to find my way through it, that was, until a simple exchange of kindness between 2 strangers helped me shift my focus outward.
Suddenly, I too had a big grin on my face.
It is suggested that carrying out simple, random acts of kindness in your daily life without any expectation of reward in return can positively change your thoughts by boosting the serotonin and dopamine neurotransmitters in your brain, giving you feelings of pleasure and happiness.
“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” ~ Mark Twain
Thank you to the stranger who brought a smile to my face today, helping me to shift my thoughts outward with her generous act of kindness. With the holiday season upon us and only a few weeks left until the new year, let’s all promise to make every day count, whether it be by paying it forward, giving back or simply putting a smile on someone else’s face.
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