'Good' for the Future
Stopping at the door of the Vestry, one of my parishioners caught my attention before worship on Sunday, handed me a small magazine and simply said she enjoyed the article and thought I might, as well. It was the February 2020 issue of the Reader's Digest . Prominent above the printed pages was a sticky note which marked an article she wanted me to read and the words, "I've always felt people aren't so bad one on one." It was signed, "Kathy". The article highlighted by Kathy Hardin-Odle is, "Kindness, Pass It On!" This article is the record of a variety of Twitter conversations which seek to tell the story of kindness as people have experienced it along the way. The words recorded there bring tears on the train, give pause along the pathways and traverse the skies above us, all of them intended to remind us that there is good at work in the folk around us, if only we are open to the possibility and watching for the impact . . . all of whic...