Dr. Jo Blessing tells the story of a chance meeting between two strangers. An older woman had been sitting on a park bench, despondent and lonely. A young man sat down next to her. The two of then fed the pigeons together for a few minutes. Finally the young man got up, turned to the woman and thanked her for such a nice time. This seemingly small kindness restored the woman's faith in life. The young man never knew that he had been the answer to her prayers.

On any given day, without really realizing it, you may be the answer to someone's prayers. Never forget that your kindness, thoughtfulness, smile and love can work wonders in the lives of others.

I have missed blogging. During the last many months I have been trying to find direction in my life only to be like the toy cars I used to give to my sons at Christmas. You know the ones, they hit a wall and flip over and go in another direction until they hit another wall and flip over again.

It was a surprise to me that someone special in my life had mentioned several times over the last months that they had missed that I was no longer posting on my blog. It was nice to think that someone was reading my ramblings and noticed that they had stopped.

I have enjoyed returning to posting and today received this e-mail "Glad to see you're back to your blog." It made me smile. I hadn't made any announcement that I was blogging again. He had continued to check and discovered it and taken time out of his busy schedule to welcome me back. I'm smiling. It is a great start to my day.

Never underestimate that small acts of kindness can make a huge difference. I hope everyone, anyone, reading this will be reminded to take the time today to share a smile, say thank you to someone, just be nice. It will matter, you may never know how much, but it will matter.