“Politeness is the flower of humanity.” ~ Joseph Joubert
Good Sunday morning, dear friends. I hope this finds you well and the past week was good for you. We have a pretty blue sky today and the winter storms planning to go from coast to coast are predicted to visit the states around us. While I am not eager to see feet of snow, two or three inches would be nice.
As you know, I like my ‘Sunday Thoughts’ to be something that may encourage one to pause a moment and think. To ponder the words I have included. The following thoughts of Danusha Laméris did so for me and I hope they will for you as well. Perhaps, you will tuck them away and think of them on a rainy day when someone offers you a gesture of kindness. And then, you repay them with your best and most beautiful smile.
Written by: Danusha Laméris
I’ve been thinking about the way, when you walk down a crowded aisle, people pull in their legs to let you by.
Or how strangers still say “bless you” when someone sneezes, a leftover from the Bubonic plague. “Don’t die,” we are saying.
And sometimes, when you spill lemons from your grocery bag, someone else will help you pick them up. Mostly, we don’t want to harm each other.
We want to be handed our cup of coffee hot, and to say thank you to the person handing it. To smile at them and for them to smile back.
For the waitress to call us honey when she sets down the bowl of clam chowder, and for the driver in the red pick-up truck to let us pass.
We have so little of each other, now. So far from tribe and fire. Only these brief moments of exchange.
What if they are the true dwelling of the holy, these fleeting temples we make together when we say, “Here, have my seat,” “Go ahead~you first,” “I like your hat.”
Dear friends, know I wish you and yours a beautiful day and week ahead.
And. . .
May you find joy in all that you do. Stay well!
Amour,
Sandra
“How beautiful a day can be when kindness touches it.” ~ George Elliston
Images: Via Tumblr and Pinterest
Lovely sentiments. Kindness can be expressed in so many ways, and it’s always appreciated. Our Provincial Health Officer always ends her Covid updates with “Be calm, be kind, be safe.” Some enterprising person came up with little free-standing plaques with those words on them and my husband was gifted one by a work colleague. It sits on the fireplace mantel in the kitchen and is a good reminder, as is your post, about the need to treat others well. Thank you, Sandra, for sharing.
Good morning, Lorrie. Thank you for your kind thoughts. I love the words from your Health Officer. So true every day, especially during these times. Even a smile is a treasure.
Wishing you and yours a lovely day and week ahead. Thank you so much for your visit. Stay well.
Beautiful sentiments, we never know what one little kindness can do. May I aspire today to show kindness in my words and actions. Wishing you and Michael a lovely Sunday! ♥️
So true, Pam. Wishing you and your lovely family a wonderful day. ❤
Thank you so much for this beautiful inspiring post. The photos are so beautiful and I can so appreciate the effort you make when you choose the beautiful quotes. Kindness and positivity will never go out of style as long as we have you and your beautiful mind. Thank you.
Louise, I can’t begin to thank you enough for your lovely and kind words. You are amazing and I wish we lived closed. I would love to follow you around your kitchen, go to garden centers and enjoy tea in a quaint little shop. If you ever feel a little nudge when you are doing these things – it is me! Have a wonderful day and a great week ahead. ❤
All of your Sunday thoughts make my heart sing but this one especially. Politeness, kindness, courtesy, all of these make life so much more pleasant for everyone. In the home and everywhere else. Keep reminding us of that, please!
Dear Dewena, thank you so much and for taking the time to comment. Your words are certainly true. My mom’s favorite words to me, when she thought I hadn’t behaved as I should, were, ” Common courtesy costs no one anything.”
Dewena, I do miss being able to comment on your blog. However, that doesn’t keep me from enjoying it. I love your writing. Have a lovely day and week ahead. ❤
Yes! I loved this post. Thank you for always giving me a Sunday pick me up!
Thank you, Penny. And thank you for always taking the time to say something that “picks me up.” ❤
Great post,dear Sandra! Beautiful pictures and quotes.Thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much, Maristella. Wishing you a lovely week ahead.
What a beautiful sentiment you have shared this morning. A simple act of kindness can mean so much to someone. May you have a most happy and blessed week, sweet friend!
Good morning, Shannon. Thank you so much for your kind words and for visiting. Wishing you a lovely week, my friend.
Those are indeed perfect words. So many kind things — just part of being a good human. Thanks for sharing them. I think I need to learn a bit more about her!
Jeanie, I thought they were also. It really is the little things. What I know about Danusha Laméris is that she is a New Englander, living in California and teaching writing workshops. She is the author of “The Moons of August” and other books of poetry.