Per Capita Goodness

The Samaritan before you in the queue gives way to you to go ahead to the counter before him. You run into problem of "Change" at the counter and he pays for you the change. By the time, you gather your wits and composure to thank him, he is gone.

Events like these don't typically make news. There's no Samaritan Index to say whether anonymous good deeds are up 11 percent or down 2 percent from last year, or whether our family or our community or our city ranks 7th or 77th in per-capita goodness. If we think anonymous acts of kindness are catching on, let's just be a contagious part of it.

I EXPECT TO PASS THROUGH LIFE BUT ONCE. -- IF THEREFORE THERE BE ANY KINDNESS I CAN SHOW OR ANY GOOD THING I CAN DO TO ANY FELLOW-BEING, LET ME DO IT NOW AND NOT DEFER IT OR NEGLECT IT , AS I SHALL NOT PASS THIS WAY AGAIN ......................... PENN