We also need to recognize the importance of spontaneous kindness. Everyone likes a planned meal, but a surprise one is also appreciated.
Don’t become so mechanical in your plans for kindness that you fail to capitalize on those great daily opportunities that come along. If I am watching for opportunities to be kind to Lisa, not a single day will pass without a chance to express spontaneous kindness to her. There is always something.
Lisa is regularly kind to me. When I come home on a warm day, I first like to spend about fifteen minutes on the hammock in our back yard. It’s magical the way both my soul and body get relaxed and refreshed. Lisa usually protects this time so I am not interrupted. This is a spontaneous act of kindness from Lisa’s tree of kindness that I get to taste.