When you are kind, you will always be right

One day while working in his farm Fleming, a poor Scottish farmer, heard a cry for help coming from nearby. He dropped his tools and ran there and found a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself.

Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow and terrifying death.  The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman’s sparse surroundings. An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as the father of the boy Fleming had saved.  

“I want to repay you,” said the nobleman. “You saved my son’s life.” 

“No, I can’t accept payment for what I did,” the farmer replied waving off the offer. At that moment, the farmer’s own son came to the door of the family hovel. 

“Is that your son?” the nobleman asked. 

“Yes,” the farmer replied proudly.   

“I’ll make you a deal. Let me provide him with the level of education my own son will enjoy. If the lad is anything like his father, he’ll no doubt grow to be a man we both will be proud of.” And that he did. 

Fleming’s son attended the very best schools and in time, graduated from St Mary’s Hospital Medical School in London, and went on to become known throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin. 

Years afterward, the same nobleman’s son who was saved from the bog was stricken with pneumonia. What saved his life this time? Penicillin. 

The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill ... His son’s name?  Sir Winston Churchill.

There’s a very powerful saying that, “If you have to make a choice between being kind and being right, choose being kind and you will always be right.”

It is those little thoughts and acts of kindness that are more precious than what money can ever buy. Often, it is little acts of kindness that can make all the difference in someone’s life. And if you ever wondered, why you need to be kind, then read on:

As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “You cannot do kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late”, so what are you waiting for, go ahead lift others, so you rise.

Kindness makes you glow, grow

1. You are magic: When you believe in the magic of kindness, you don’t need a reason to be kind.

2. You are radiant: Your kindness is a reflection of what lies in your heart, so the more genuine you are inside, the more you glow and grow outside.

3. You are powerful: Money can buy most things, but a little thought of kindness is more precious than what money can buy.

4. You are inspiring: Kindness in your words can create confidence and magic in others’ lives because one kind word can change someone’s entire life.

5. You matter: When you are kind to yourself, your kindness spreads faster and is more effective.