Yesterday we had a thanksgiving cerebration. In Japan, we don’t have a Thanksgiving Day, so this tradition is still new to me. I think it is a great opportunity to show appreciations to others. My daughter came back from school with one paper. The paper was filled up with all the appreciations she has. She wrote down lots of sentences starting from I am thankful for xxx because xxxx.
That reminds of one stranger woman whom I encountered. It was several years ago. On that day, my daughter asked me to buy her ice cream, so we entered the ice cream store. After we ordered some ice cream cones and we were about to pay it by a credit card, the store owner told us they didn’t take any credit cards. I didn’t carry any cash with me and we were disappointed for not being able to buy the ice cream. On the next second, a stranger woman standing next to us offered the store owner that she would like to pay the cost for us.
I asked her the reason why she was nice to us, just from my curiosity.
She said “just because” with a smile. And she told us she was thankful for us for providing her to be nice to somebody. She said it made her feel good to be nice to somebody.
When we are nice to somebody from the state of “just because”, the action comes from pure desire to make somebody happy and it is without any expectations from the person. I think it is the key when we do something nice to somebody.
So, my small suggestion. Let’s make somebody happy from the state of just because, at least once a day. Even a tiny small action will be good. Although we cannot see the result soon, our pure desire will be accumulated, and the pure kind energy will grow itself big enough to change the world to the better place eventually.
And, when somebody offers us a small happiness, let’s receive it without hesitation. In order to make this cycle available, we need both a giver and a receiver. When we receive something, our receiving action supports the giver, and vice versa. Let’s enjoy the happiness giving and receiving. Happy Thanksgiving to you all!
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