HAVE YOU EVER ASKED YOURSELF "WHAT WILL I BE REMEMBERED FOR WHEN I'M GONE?"
MOST OF US NEVER STOP TO THINK THAT WE TOUCH 1000'S OF LIVE'S DURING OUR LIFETIME.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY WILL MOST REMEMBER ABOUT YOU ?
WILL IT BE THAT YOU WERE KIND ? CARING ? GIVING ? FUNNY ? HATEFUL ? BIGOTED OR TOLERANT ? SELFISH OR SELFLESS?
THE WAY WE TOUCH OTHERS DURING THIS SHORT TIME THAT WE HAVE HERE ON EARTH, WILL BE HOW THEY REMEMBER US, WHETHER IT'S GOOD OR BAD.
THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ARE GOOD AT HEART, DO YOU SHOW IT ? OR DO YOU HAVE THE FACADE OF BEING STONY & RIGID ?
MY FAVORITE COMMERCIAL IS THE ONE OF PEOPLE SHOWING SIMPLE ACTS OF KINDNESS TO EACH OTHER, SOMEONE ELSE WITNESS'S IT AND PASSES IT ON TO SOMEONE ELSE. YOU KNOW, WE SEE THIS COMMERCIAL EVERYDAY IN REAL LIFE, WHETHER WE KNOW IT OR NOT, AND WE CAN BE THE STAR OF THE SHOW OR THE OTHER 100'S JUST PASSING IN THE BACKGROUND GOING ABOUT THEIR OWN LIVES.
I PERSONALLY WANT TO BE THE STAR OF THE SHOW, I WANT TO BE KIND TO OTHERS, I WANT TO GIVE AND HELP WHEN I CAN, I WANT TO SAY PLEASE AND THANK YOU, I WANT MY FOOTPRINT ON THIS EARTH TO BE THAT I WAS FUNNY, CARING & GIVING, BUT MOST OF ALL, I WANT TO BE REMEMBERED AS MAKING A POSITIVE MARK IN SOMEBODY'S LIFE I TOUCHED ALONG THE WAY.
IT TAKE'S NOTHING TO BE KIND TO OTHERS, HOLD OPEN A DOOR, LET AN ELDERLY OR PREGNANT PERSON HAVE YOUR SEAT ON THE BUS, LEND A CARING EAR TO A FRIEND IN TROUBLE, NOTHING BIG. IT COST'S YOU NOTHING TO GIVE YOUR TIME TO SOMEONE ELDERLY, AN ANIMAL SHELTER, A HOMELESS SHELTER, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ANYTHING BIG LIKE FLYING TO HAITI, WHICH WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF YOU COULD, BUT REALISTICALLY, PROBABLY NOT.
JUST ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND, HOW DO I WANT TO BE TREATED BY OTHERS, THEN TURN IT AROUND, PRACTICE IT, AND YOUR FOOTPRINT ON THIS EARTH WILL BE ONE THAT IS LEFT BEHIND FOR OTHERS TO BE GLAD THEY KNEW THE PERSON WHO LEFT IT.
YOU WILL BE AMAZED HOW CONTAGIOUS RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS CAN BE.
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