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Who inspires change?
I read the following message on a local church
billboard recently—without change there would
be no butterflies. What does it take to inspire
change? We don’t have to make big adjustments
to make a difference in our world and in the
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lives of others. Occasionally, I like to stop in the
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friendly manner throughout the whole transaction. I was so impressed with her
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service that I thanked her for her kindness. Her response was priceless. She
said that kindness is free and it’s the one thing she had to give away that didn’t
NATuRAL AwAkENINGS TEAM: cost her a thing. What a blessing it was for me to meet her that day. Now, as
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I go about interacting with people, I often think of that cashier and call upon
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that little bit of wisdom she shared with me. In that moment, she inspired
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change. I like to imagine the domino effect of simple acts of random kindness,
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like hers.
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This week I received an email from a peace advocate in New Smyrna Beach
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which included a quote from Albert Schweitzer that reads “Constant kind-
Wendy Wilson ness can accomplish much. As the sun makes the ice melt, kindness causes
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email, I was reminded of another incident which happened last month. I had
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the good fortune to join a group of women as we gathered around tables with
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containers of glue and an abundance of laughter. We came together to create
a simple project for world peace. We were given slips of paper with names of
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