This morning at work, a coworker that I barely knew gave me a hand blender and a cake pan. Just handed them over with a smile. She had heard me asking where to buy kitchen instruments, like a blender, over lunch the previous day.
It's little moments like these that leave you in awe. When you are in the process of reinventing your life in a new place, it's those small gestures, those little rays of kindness, that fill you up with joy. It's the moments that make you think that that this, whatever this is, is going to work out.
I've had a lot of those since moving to Norway, little gestures from the people around me that surprise me and make my day. It's the co-worker who waits for you to join him or her at lunch, the invitation to join a group for a hike, the moments where people invite you into their lives.
When moments like these happen, where you are bursting with your belief in humanity and 'kindred spirits', I believe that you should channel your happiness into other peoples lives, those who might not have been touched today.
If you need some inspiration, to get those "I believe in the world" juices flowing, this book has been helping me.
"... In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart."
- Anne Frank
Image via Grace & Guts (I mean who doesn't love peonies?)
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