Do better unto others

Many moons ago I used to work at a call centre. We'd get the whole slew of disgruntled people who were stuck in traffic or they were just having a bad day. Often they were just looking to blow off some steam and sometimes I bore the brunt of their anger. Some of them were quiet amusing in their use of expletives directed at me, some of them not so creative. It never really rattled me. Why? Because I killed them with kindness. The meaner they got they nicer I got until one of two things inevitably happened. 1) they got so frustrated they hung up or asked for my supervisor. (either way I was clear what were they going to complain I was too nice?) or 2) Their mood changed and they relented to my niceness. It works in life too. I have a philosophy, leave the world a better place. Recently I went camping and in order to honour a fallen Karate-ka a kata is taught only at a certain time. It got me thinking, how am I going to be remembered when I'm gone. It's irreverent as long as I keep in mind to make the world a better place one corner at a time. If I can change one persons life, then I'm happy. I just want to leave this world a better place than when I started. If you can do one random act of kindness a day, imagine how great this world could be!