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51. No, neither was a lie.

When my boys were small, I taught them to drop pennies on the ground. I told them I have never seen anyone ick up a coin and been sad. Most of the time it is a child and they are joyful. I told them this teaches us we can do very small things and change the world for the better.

I have always believed this. I went from coins to telling my boys to look around a parking lot and see what we could do to make someone’s day better.

The Christmas gift my ex and I had for each other, every year, was to take a hundred dollars and see who could “spend” it best, to change the world. It could be a tip, donating to a family tragedy in the paper or a homeless person on the corner. It came in a lot of different combinations, but each time it was the intention of changing things for the better.

Buddha taught that to pick up a hot coal to throw at your enemies, will only burn you. Why would I wish bad on someone, their friends or their enemies? That would change the world for the worse. Imagine if I all out attacked a poster. They are upset and go out to go to the grocery store. They are on the phone and getting in a fight with their sister, due to the bad mood I put them in. The driver hits someone and kills them. The sister is in a mad mood, because of the sibling, mouths off to her spouse and gets punched. Did I directly do the accident or the punch? No, but if I had acted in a better way and not wished harm, this hurting someone I do not even know, all those things would not have happened.

Always think about who you want to be and act in that way, so you may become that person. I want the world to truly be better. I act in that way. I have not lied. I would wonder why I, or anyone, would wish bad things upon people. Isn’t a nicer world a better world?