Random acts of kindness

I always wonder if people are nice to me because that's the way they are or is it because I present myself with a positive and friendly attitude.

I frequent a small restaurant near my home on a daily basis. It never fails that people already there greet me with affection and a string of hellos, good morning, how are you and so forth. When I run out of coffee one of the customers will call the waitress and ask her to refill my cup. Sometimes she forgets ketchup for my fries and someone will get up and get a bottle for me. Is this great or what?

I see a gentleman from time to time with a tiny rose next to his plate. When he gets up to pay his bill, he will give this beautiful little flower to the lady cook or sometimes to his waitress. The first time I saw the rose next to his plate I couldn't understand the meaning of that. Now, I know. He is kind to the people taking care of him.

It might also be that people living in the south are more relaxed and friendly. I didn't experience that when I lived in the Chicago area. Sorry, just my personal opinion.

When a person is kind to another, how many people get affected by the random act of kindness? If you say two, you are missing the third one. Let's say you see a lady with groceries trying to open the door and you volunteer to open it. Well, she is very appreciative of that and you feel good by helping her. But here comes the third person - the observer, that person who witnessed the event and also feels good without doing anything, except seeing the random act of kindness.

So why don't you be nice to someone and share your act of kindness with two other people? Who knows, someday you might be interested in politics and two other people will remember you.