Everyday Kindness

I planned on taking some warm home baked cinnamon rolls to my neighbors as my act of kindness. They have had house guests for almost three weeks and I thought they could use a new influence.

When I arrived, they were in their pajamas.  I played on the floor with their young boys, ate a pink gum ball and kissed a lonely stuffed teddy bear.  Having not seen another female adult for a while, the mother chatted about the last few weeks.  I ogled a new beautiful built in cabinet and generally celebrated the new year.

It was almost all for not, however, as, given Heart in SF’s new rule: one act of unkindness eliminates the act of kindness, I almost screamed at this man in the park.  His dog was off leash and he was on the telephone.  He had absolutely no control over his dog, who was harassing my dog.  I personally hate it when people leave their dogs off leash when 1) they have zero control over then and 2) aren’t paying attention if they did.  Anyway, I did not scream at him, so my act is intact.  PHEW.

How was your day?