The Army of Good

There’s an army of good arising. Join it!

All over we’re seeing signs saying, ‘Be Kind’, ‘Be the Good’, ‘Kindness Matters’.

Many are standing their ground that our country, our world, people in general need goodness and kindness expressed towards them!

There are no qualifications necessary to join this army, no weapons or armor needed…not even a general,  lieutenant or sergeant telling us what to do. We get to set our own schedule, march to our own beat, wear our own clothes, prepare our own foodstuffs, (no K-rations involved here).

All we need to do is be on the lookout. Lookout for what?

Lookout for wherever good needs to be advanced!

This is not hard to do friends 🙂

First begin with you:

Be good to you. Take care of yourself body, soul, mind and spirit. Think on good things.

Be good to your surroundings. Keep your habitation clean and orderly. (It will make you feel better.)

Be good at your job. Get along with others. Look for ways to improve and grow. Encourage your co-workers.

Be good to your neighbors and ‘hood. Keep your yard tidied. Plant some flowers to cheer things up a bit.

Be good to strangers. Smile at somebody. Say ‘Hi’ to another human. Put on a fresh face and dress attractively for you…that alone can encourage another person.

Be good where you shop. Put your cart back in the cart return. Take items you don’t want back to where you got them instead of leaving socks hidden in the canned goods aisle, or clothes hanging in pots and pan section (Thank you Joyce Meyer for this tidbit) After all someone else will have to clean up after you…

Be good to your family. Write gramma a letter. Go visit uncle. Say thank you and please to each other.

Be a good responsible driver. Your family and others need you to arrive safely in one piece.

Basic stuff this is…all things I have to implement each day too.

I  want to do better tomorrow and motivate others by my actions.

Let’s fight together in our army of good!

The Little Boy

A little boy comes up to the counter where I work with his mom and dad.

He’s probably 5 and has the sweetest smile. His parents and their parents and grandparents have all lived hard lives and are still struggling, yet this little boy seems so full of energy and happiness.

So I thought, ‘What can I do to help him find a different path arriving at a different destination than his parents’…because the childhood often determines the adulthood.

I give fun colorful stickers to girls and boys who come in and several times he has gotten a race-car sticker which really excited him.

The other day I gave him a shiny silver trophy sticker and told him I was giving it to him because he was a winner, and a good little boy.

I don’t know what his home life is like but his father made some comment to him after I said that. I thought, ‘I hope the little boy can remember the words I spoke over him.’

As he left with his parents, I spoke again to him, ‘Tell people, you are a winner!’

I haven’t seen him for a while now, I hope all is well with him and my words settled inside him somewhere.

I want to use my words to encourage as many little people as possible. Growing up, the good words by adults spoken to me are still remembered and cherished.

How can our words bring life to the children we cross paths with today?