Today is Blog Action Day, and this year’s theme is #Raise your voice. And I’d like to use this as an opportunity to share with you a little something that happened to me this week that I just can’t seem to get off my mind and heart.
On Tuesday, we went to Chipotle for lunch. As we walked over to the restaurant, I noticed a woman in a wheelchair sitting close to the door. I also noticed a couple of people proceed to walk through the door, right past her. In each case, I also noticed that the woman tried to slip through the door with them – and, in each instance, they did not offer her the opportunity to come in along with them.
As we approached the front door, I asked her if we could hold the door for her and she was very thankful. And that was that. It didn’t cost us a thing – not a penny, not even a minute – we all could go through within seconds of each other.
So here’s my suggestion: next time you are out and about, why don’t you offer to hold the door for someone? It won’t cost you anything – not even any of your time. And it might give the person you hold the door for more than you even realize – perhaps something beyond common courtesy and kindness – it may just turn their day around. In the end, you might be the one who gets the most out of it…it can feel pretty good to simply do something nice for someone.
So in honor of Blog Action Day today, how about you offer to hold that door? That someone you hold it for doesn’t have to be in a wheelchair – it could just be the nice thing to do and make their day. More importantly, though, when you do pass someone who needs the help, why don’t you hold the door for them? You never know the good it could do! One random act of kindness can go a long way!
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