Today I watched my daughter struggle to hold open a heavy door for an adult who went through it without a thank you and without even looking at my daughter.
I was hurt for her. I wanted to apologize for the rudeness of the world. Inwardly, I raged at anyone who would ignore a child and then go on to complain about the faults of "kids these days."
Before I could say anything, however, she turned to me with a big smile on her face and said "I'm a helper."
She didn't see insensitivity or unkindness. She saw her role as not to fix the world but to shine her light into it.
I have so much to learn from her. I pray that I can let kindness be such a strong motivation that other people's indifference or unkindness fades into the background. Let me be a helper.
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