Kindness Always Counts But Doesn’t Need a Broadcast

Today, I ask a tough question. What is kindness about?

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What is kindness about?

Is it about doing a good deed or is it about doing a good deed that is visible to others or in the public eye? The 24/7 access to the internet and social media makes it very tempting to “show” others acts of kindness. I ask, however, if it is necessary to broadcast your “good works” or acts of “kindness”

Over the years my husband and I have done the following “good deeds” that we never made public:

1. We gave $5,000.00 (in a lump sum) to our high school to buy new tubas. No, we did not have a tuba player, just a student in the band.
2. We bought new soccer goals and nets for our soccer team because they were needed. Yes, we had a soccer player. The coaches didn’t know it was our family who donated the nets/goals.
3. We entered our neighbor’s house on Christmas Eve when they were at Midnight Christmas Mass and left presents for all 7 family members because the parents didn’t have the money to buy presents for their five children. Every child should have a gift on Christmas. Everyone got something fun and something they needed (clothes, etc.).
4. For years, we took gift tags off trees at…