Kind of True

The quote today comes from this small poster I saw in a community hall in Milton Keynes. It was part of a set on British Values. On the way there my travel companion was telling me about something he did yesterday which was a true act of kindness, helping strangers in an emergency situation. He said it was “a London thing”, something Londoners would have done in the past but much rarer now in the city.

I had a related encounter last week. Simply asking for directions in the Angel. A clearly working class woman (much though I hate the term) pointed the way out to us in an old-school London accent. She told us to look out for the “Labour Exchange” on the left (a phrase nobody’s used for yonks), adding to her charm. She walked away then came back, adding to her instructions to make sure we found the somewhat hidden entrance to the canal. She went above & beyond the call out of kindness of a sort considerably rarer than it used to be.

Being kind undoubtedly oils the wheels of society and everyday life and is truly something to be valued now more than ever as presidents kidnap other presidents and school kids rob and stab one another.