Kindness of Strangers

With all of the horror and terror in the world, I find it amazing that people are still good!

The minority tends to outweigh the majority, because they are the ones that we tend to focus on, whether it is through the media, schools, or in our personal lives. It's sad that so much attention is spent on the minority like this. We hear the occasional  positive story on the news, or see one in the newspaper, but we hear by far more negative stories. What would happen to the world if we focused on the good? What differences would we see and experience?

For the last few days I have been waking up sicker than the day before. Hubby just got a new job, and although he'd love to stay home and take care of me, but he can't. So I've been taking care of myself and the 3 Little's. Last night I couldn't stop coughing, even after doing 2 breathing treatments, so Hubby went and got me some ice cream, and a cold drink, to help sooth my throat. I was hoping to wake up this morning and feel "all better", but no such luck! Instead I woke up feeling worse. I talked to Hubby and he wanted to take me to the Dr today, but we don't have insurance until next month at least. I agree with Hubby, and think I need to see a Dr. Going without a paycheck for a month is hard, and without the funds to pay for an appointment, I thought it would be impossible for me to go.

I talked in my last post about how awesome Facebook can be, and this is just one more reason why! I posted on a page for my town and asked if anyone knew of an office I could go to without having to pay too much. It was only maybe 20 minutes later that I had over 20 replies, and someone offering me their appointment at a FREE clinic on Saturday! This person obviously needed to go to the Dr too, but she was willing to give up her appointment for me. She even called the clinic, and told them to give me her appointment. She went above and beyond to help me out.

What would happen to the world, if stories like this were in the news every night? I'm sure it would change. People would see kindness and service as the norm, and start acting the same way. When people are recognized for doing horrible things, more people do horrible things. When people are recognized for doing amazing things, wouldn't the conclusion be that more people would do amazing things? I think so.

My belief is that we need to focus on the good, because people are good!