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The Kindness Club: Week 13 Prompt
It’s week 13 of the Kindness Club.
In case you were worried, the number 13 is a lucky number in Judaism.
Thanks to all of you who have been reading and joining in on the weekly kindness prompts even if you are not posting or commenting.
Last week’s Kindness Club prompt was to introduce yourself to someone you don’t know who looks lonely, bewildered or uncomfortable at some kind of social function.
We all have had our uncomfortable moments at one point or another and we know how much it means when someone is friendly to us when we feel out of place. So please remember to keep that in mind when you are in a position to welcome or greet others.
This week’s prompt is to thank someone serving in the military of a country they care about.
Living in Israel the military is always on your mind. You can never get from one place to another without seeing soldiers. (I say that in a good pride filled way.) We have mandatory draft. My eldest is nearing the end of his first out of three years of army service. My second son will be drafted in another year.
Sadly, everyone also knows of someone who has suffered a military loss. I have found that to be true not just here in Israel but all over the world.
Yesterday on Twitter ©mrsmurswannabe from the UK twitted this message:
My heart broke for her and her loss. It could be any one of us in her place.
The internet is filled with stories about the military. Some good, some sad and some everyday.
A little while ago Vicki at Vegemitevix wrote a touching post about two very different types of homecomings.
Clare over at A Modern Military Mother writes about her family and how their lives are impacted by her husband’s military career. It is not an easy journey for her or the many other military wives, parents, brothers, sisters and children of military personnel.
This past weekend was July 4th in the United States. Another moment to remember that no country’s rights or freedom would be upheld without those brave enough to serve in their country’s military.
So this week, take a moment to personally thank someone in the military for serving your country well. It can be verbal, handwritten, typed or even a text message. It can be someone you know well, an acquaintance or a stranger. It does not matter who or how. It just matters that you express your thanks and appreciation for a hard job well done.
And while we are at it may we all send out a prayer that we live to see a world filled with love, kindness and tolerance. A world that has no need for armies.
Write a blog post about your kindness experiences. Or you can choose to capture the spirit of the weekly prompt in a photograph ala Tara Cain’s Gallery at Sticky Fingers.
Come back on Sunday to link up your posts and pictures. (I will leave the McLinky up from Sunday till Sunday.)
If anyone who is not a blogger wants to join in please feel free to email me at and I will put your story or photo up on my blog.
Written by Susie
I am me and also lots of other things like a wife, a mother, a daughter, a sister, a daughter in law, a sister in law, a friend, an oncology nurse, a blogger, a life coach in training, an avid book reader, a chauffeur, a chef, a shopper, a maid and on some days a bit overwhelmed. On this blog I share my journey of striving to see the best in everyone and everything. Strive, because I don't always manage to. Yup, I am human. I would love to have you join me in learning lessons in positivity from life.
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I come from a family of bleeding liberals who raised me to pretty much think of the military as a useless, gun-wielding, waste of money and lives. Then I met my husband. He was in the military at the time, just getting out after 8 years of service. It was amazing how much knowing him has changed my impression of the military. I realized how very corageous and brave all the members of the military are, all around the world. And how they are selflessly risking their lives for the hope of a greater good for us all. I still would love to see a world living completely in peace. But in the meantime, I really do appreciate those who serve selflessly for us all.
The thing I find hard to reconcile with liberals is how they reconcile having their freedom with no one fighting for it.
And I too would love a world at peace-a true peace of tolerance and acceptance.
A very thoughtful prompt. I have been looking back through your prompts, as I am new to your neighborhood and must say, wow! What a great ministry you have here. Many blessings in this endeavor.
Thank you so much for your comment and your encouragement. I really appreciate it and I hope it attracts more and more people. The world becomes a better place one person at a time.
I’m with Laura. This is really great what you are doing. I want to thank you for your comment on my blog the other day.
Looking forward to getting to know you more.
You are welcome and I enjoy your writing as well.
And thank you for your encouraging words.
Kind of wild that I am returning to your blog today. This morning I was in line at the post office (sending my thank you letters to England, because I’m a good girl!). When a woman appeared beside me – she was holding a large parcel and seemed a little anxious – she was waiting for her husband who was talking to a P.O. employee. She started to look at the contents of her very beaten up parcel and I could see broken glass and a frame – she then pulled out an American flag folded into a triangle and broke down in the post office. I hate to think what it must feel like to open a parcel like that – let alone to find it so badly packaged that it was damaged in transit. She refused all offers of help and left the post office very quickly – leaving behind her a few strangers holding back tears of their own – including me. My thoughts are with her, who ever she was. I don’t know anyone serving in the military, but there must be a way of sending a note to someone …