{"id":14315,"date":"2016-07-27T13:04:10","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T20:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momservations.com\/?p=14315"},"modified":"2016-07-27T13:04:10","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T20:04:10","slug":"what-have-you-done-for-someone-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/27\/what-have-you-done-for-someone-today\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR SOMEONE TODAY?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Momservation:<\/strong> \u201cKindness doesn\u2019t cost a damn thing. Sprinkle that shit everywhere.\u201d ~Unknown<\/p>\n

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\"kindness\"Is anybody else a little worried about humanity right now?<\/p>\n

The senseless acts of hatred?<\/p>\n

The violent deaths of so many innocents?<\/p>\n

The depravity in the name of God?<\/p>\n

Anyone else having a hard time feeling optimistic? Anyone else feeling helpless and impotent in the face of such a global and collective forgetting that all lives matter?<\/p>\n

My gut instinct is to turn off the news, quit reading the paper, get off the grid, and hide under the covers from the constant stream of negativity.<\/p>\n

But like children hiding under the covers from the Closet Monster, we all know that doesn\u2019t make it go away. Getting up, opening that closet, and bravely confronting your fears is what makes our anxieties go away.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t want to cower in the darkness. I want to stand arms wide, face tilted to the sun soaking up the light.<\/p>\n

I refuse to believe hate wins. I have faith that love is always greater than hate.<\/p>\n

So what is the first step forward toward the light?<\/p>\n

Doing something kind for someone else. Like a pebble thrown into the water rippling throughout the entire pond, it doesn\u2019t take much to make a difference:<\/p>\n