Reply To: Acts of Chesed

I make a point of praising everyone’s kids. Especially people in bad neighborhoods, since I think it prevents child abuse. I’m very friendly and spend a lot of time commuting, so there are plenty of opportunities.

Anyway, so one day, I meet this lady and her 3 year old daughter. Her daughter was a really social kid, so I did my usual thing about how sweet her daughter is, clearly reflects the mother’s upbringing, and how she’ll be so popular and successful as an adult, with a couple of comments on how hard it must be to raise such a kid with good manners, etc.

Boy am I surprised when every single time I take this route, I meet this women without her daughter, and she comes over to me, introduces herself, and asks me how I’m doing. (fortunately her daughter stood out so I remembered the incident) She really was affected by it! It’s so nice to feel like it has an effect. Turns out I’m not the only nice person out there, this lady is lovely and it keeps me safe in this neighborhood now that I have an acquaintance.

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