Common specialness is wonderful. It cost nothing to be decent. Be kind because is who you are, it’s a great policy. The idea of being kind because it’s who you are is only half of the formula of this common specialness. When you are kind because it is who you are it turns into a moment of two views.
One Act of Common Specialness
I watched the young man help an older lady who is struggling with her groceries in the parking lot at my local store. When he finished helping her load the groceries she said “You didn’t have to do that.” He replied, “If I have to do it, it wouldn’t have been special.” Yet it was still a common act because it’s who he was you see his commonness of kindness his common specialness was perceived by her as extraordinary
What he said was, and this is my version of it, “I choose to give of myself. I’m not forced to be a good person; I choose to be this person.” His Common Specialness is wonderful.
Mandatory Volunteerism
I often laugh at the Seattle school system because of their Mandatory Voluntarism requirement for graduation from High School. It’s not voluntary it’s an oxymoron it’s forced it’s not real.
So, don’t engage in an oxymoron don’t be kind because you have to be kind, choose to be kind, choose to be special, choose to be commonly special, for others, and give freely.
Soften the sharp edges of a world that is pretty hard right now and do it for others because it’s who you are. It cost nothing to be decent.
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