Act of Kindness: Healing is Possible
An act of kindness…
An open letter to the white lady at Subway…
You don’t know how you made me smile. When I went to check out and pay for my sandwich, the cashier informed me that it had been taken care of by the lady who had just left the store. Involved in my order, I didn’t really take note of you, beyond seeing that you were maybe 60-ish year’s old and had smile lines on your face.
When the cashier told me my sandwich was free, and why—I turned to the store entrance and you were gone. You don’t know how your simple kind gesture helped to restore just a little bit of faith in the majority of a country that lately has not given me much faith.
You don’t know how you have helped me keep hope alive.
You don’t know how, over the past few weeks, I’ve struggled looking at unknown white people and thinking the worst.
You don’t know how your random act of kindness—a gift of a sandwich to an unknown brown man behind you in line helps me think that we can get through this—that our kids of all backgrounds will move beyond hate and prejudice and self-serving mindsets and get to a place of cultural competence, where all are welcomed.
Thanks for more than a sandwich.
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