{"id":18930,"date":"2017-11-08T16:54:52","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T21:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=18930"},"modified":"2017-11-08T16:54:52","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T21:54:52","slug":"simple-acts-of-kindness-make-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/simple-acts-of-kindness-make-a-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple acts of kindness make a difference"},"content":{"rendered":"

Simple acts of kindness make a difference.
\nThey not only make a positive impact on a specific situation but inspire us to strive to be more loving human beings.
\nFor these reasons, it is not only important to highlight their value but recognize ourselves as purveyors of such acts.
\nTo value ourselves in this way is to realize that in the very ordinariness of life we make a difference. When we exercise compassion, generosity, forgiveness, service, or other such acts of kindness, we help move humanity to a higher level of being.
\nWithin our Aurora community many individuals, on a daily basis, live this way. They help to remove a self-serving hollowness, enriching our lives with their active presence.
\nI\u2019m reminded of such acts of kindness by those who serve every Wednesday during Budget Bistro at the Aurora Seniors\u2019 Centre. Their ordinariness tends to remove them from our awareness. And yet, as a TEAM, they are present, bringing us a meal \u2013 preparing, serving, and cleaning up afterwards.
\nIn doing so, they remind us to be like minded.
\nIn their own way, they make Aurora a place where we want to live.<\/p>\n

John Abraham
\nAurora
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