If You Spread Kindness It Will Make Its Way Back to You

After reading "The Art of Being a Neighbor" by Eve Birch, I realized that numerous people care more about their own success than the simple enjoyment of life. Now that America has descended into a depression, times are harder. People are losing jobs, houses, and some are even losing hope. In these times if we don't lend a hand to each other every once in a while then how will we live happily with our neighbors. Selfishness is not the resolution that any of us should come to.

Eve Birch tells in her essay how she was homeless and jobless so she moved to an isolated hollow. To her surprise the neighbors that she encountered were of the utmost kindness. They were the simple kind that didn't care so much about money or jobs but more about the enjoyment of their life with their loved ones. They always invited her to do different activities since she was alone and they would sometimes stop by just to say hi. I wish that the people of the urban areas in America could be like this.

If everyone just did simple deeds like these kind folk did then think of how much happier we could be. Sometimes the rudeness of some of the modern Americans is astonishing. Why is it so hard just to be a good neighbor? I think everyone knows that sometimes we just need help from those around us because we aren't always strong enough to take care of ourselves.