Kindness is Magic, Be the Magic!!!

Kindness is Magic!

You’re going on vacation. You’re going on a cruise or go to an amusement park. Crowds are going to be part of the norm. You will have lines for rides, food and even the bathroom. It is easy to lose patience. Somebody’s kid, or yours steppes on your toe for the hundredth time while standing in the same line. The line is sooooo slow! People are leaving huge gaps and you wish they would just move or they are standing right on top of you! Some people are cutting in line. That one grabbed the last of the . . ., your favorite from the Buffett! Ya it is easy to lose it! I beg you please do not. Instead of screaming and yelling get someone who has authority to do something. Instead of letting it ruin your day be kind and have courage to do the right thing. Don’t lose your temper at a little kid. Kindly ask the parents to intervene. Put someone else between the kid and you for a time. WALK AWAY if you must.

 

Try something completely different! See that person in a wheelchair or on a scooter? Let them go ahead! Hold the door. If they seem to be struggling with carrying things offer to help them carry their food to their table or merchandise to the sales counter. If they say no thank you, respect that. Waiting for the elevator on the cruise ship and see them waiting? Don’t be like others jumping over the wheelchair to get in ahead of them. Block the space and help them get in! I know people in wheelchairs who missed dinner and shows because they could not get the elevator. People who could easily take the stairs refuse to let them go.

 

If a child is making noise and flapping their arms/hands turning in circles you stay calm. That child may have autism or some other issue. Ask the parent if they need help. Do what they ask if you can. They know their child. If you are in line maybe you can hold their spot so they can take the child on a little walk if it is going to take a while. See if you can joke and play a game with them. Talk softly and do not touch them. Do not get in their space. Help create space for them so they can get control of themselves.

 

Those with special needs have as much right to enjoy a day of fun as you do. It may be the only joy they have. They have a hard enough daily life and need the chance to smile.

 

Have Courage and be Kind.

Where there is Kindness, they is Goodness,

And where there is Goodness,

There is MAGIC!

Disney’s Cinderella

 

Be the Magic you want in the world!