tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705770704945316407.post9021610026410165350..comments2023-04-05T07:00:16.893-07:00Comments on Black Ink Pad: What You Want... Baby I Got ItBarb Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076090758278803414noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705770704945316407.post-49102509024484735592008-07-21T11:24:00.000-07:002008-07-21T11:24:00.000-07:00One of my favorite Dad quotes EVER was regarding t...One of my favorite Dad quotes EVER was regarding this very subject: "Smiles are free-- they cost you NOTHING-- and the smile (or kind gesture) you give someone today might be the only blessing of kindness someone receives for a long time..."<BR/><BR/>I can honestly say that is probably the one Tom-ism that pops into my mind with the greatest frequency. Such simple advice, and to a smiling fool like me,99% painless most of the time ;-)Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06078718864939019266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705770704945316407.post-32556467913298914382008-07-21T09:54:00.000-07:002008-07-21T09:54:00.000-07:00Yep, Tonto... you sure was... you're part of the v...Yep, Tonto... you sure was... you're part of the very small premie-sized handful I referred to. <BR/><BR/>We're all in this together, baby!Barb Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12427900930871273016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705770704945316407.post-18731723504264738462008-07-21T09:41:00.000-07:002008-07-21T09:41:00.000-07:00Well buddy, I guess my Momma "raised me up right",...Well buddy, I guess my Momma "raised me up right", cause on Friday I had my hands chock full of decals that I had to ship off, and manuevering my way into the post office is no easy feat with their doors so heavy and hard to open that without thinking about it, you could strain your pooper if you don't do it right, well, there was a lady that saw my soon to be problem, rushed ahead of me, opened the first set of doors, and then opened the second set of doors, and she did this with a huge smile on her face...and my comment to her was, "thank you so very much for your kindness", well, she was stunned at my comment,and you could see that she was visably at a loss for words...moral of the story, one unselfish act of kindness no matter how small, given freely, and then acknowledged, made a normal day special for two strangers. Something that small made my whole day...this should be the "norm", instead of it being the exception..I don't know when simple acts of kindness started dying out, nor why, but, maybe if it is brought back by you, and me, and all of us, it will live and thrive again. <BR/>TontoNanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04467688086818243401noreply@blogger.com