Stories of Kindness from Around the World

Another Cape Ann Angel


--by gipsysoul, posted May 23, 2008

This morning, I was blessed to take a walk in the woods with one of my favorite elders, a sculptor, photographer, and environmentalist who has been involved in countless community efforts to protect our local ecosystems and the many fellow species with whom we share our land and waters, from whales to pine trees.

It was great fun to walk around with him and learn about ghost pines, the role of ants in ecosystems, the difference between poison ivy and sassafras.   At some point in our conversation, I found myself talking to him enthusiastically about the random acts of kindness that some of us enjoy doing on Cape Ann!   Cape Ann is in Western Massachusetts, and is composed of four towns (Rockport, Gloucester, Manchester and Essex).

He had never heard of helpothers.org, but he was clearly familiar with the whole concept of anonymous acts of kindness, and much more so than I had expected.   Indeed, once I was done with my little overview of what my friends and I have been up to recently, he just smiled and said:

"Every Christmas eve, I pick up the phone book and randomly select 25 names.   I then anonymously call these folks and wish them and their family a very Merry Christmas!" 

He then paused and added...  "Do you realize that if we just got a few hundred people to do that, we could call every household on Cape Ann on Christmas Eve?" 

As I drove back home later, I thought: Imagine that!  "Tagging" an entire community!   How is that for an awesome possibility!



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  • Posted by gipsysoul
  • May 23, 2008
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