It’s Thanksgiving week and I was intrigued by a story on Face Book about 7 year old Jack Swanson from Pflugerville, Texas who reacted to the vandalism of the local Islamic Center by gathering up his savings – twenty dollars he’d been saving towards an I-Pad – and gave it to the mosque.
Jack isn’t a Muslim just a kid who saw injustice and felt a need to help.
An official from the mosque reacted saying, “Jack’s 20 dollars are worth twenty-million dollars to us because it’s the thought that counts. This gives me hope… it’s not one versus the other. Our kids are going to grow up together… if we have more kind hearted kids like Jack in the world, I have hope for our future.”
The mosque reportedly gave Jack a gift for his act of kindness – a brand new Apple I-Pad!
Hope you agree this is a neat story especially in these times of tremendous stress and distrust of our fellow man.
Our world is torn with the threats of terrorism. Our lives have been forever changed. Trust in our world is in short supply. We all have to wonder what’s next. Travel plans are now often based on safety. We have to wonder where is this going and how will it end?
Thanksgiving will be a welcome time. A time to reflect and say thanks for all we have, but also a time to ask for guidance.
As Americans we have so much about which to be thankful, yet attacks like the event is Paris make us unsure of the future.
Maybe we should take the lead from Jack Swanson? Dedicate ourselves to acts of kindness. We all know we don’t need more hate on our world, so why not look for places to be good to our fellow man? Who knows it might start to add up!
