Kindnesses

Mention must be made of the extraordinary help and advocacy of Monica Fisher RN, and Theresa deSouza for her innumerable kindnesses.

The committee responsible for the work which falls to the lot of show stewards carried out their duties admirably, and visitors from Dunedin and elsewhere were loud in their praise for many kindnesses and for attention shown them.

The small kindnesses and acts of conscience and compassion add up, move us forward, and knit us together with common purpose.

The solution starts with simple kindnesses.

Tales of her kindnesses to the marginalised and vulnerable told privately are a source of pride to her family.

Watching the once-irredeemable Rose family be redeemed through four seasons of generosity, personal growth, love, friendship and small, sometimes inadvertent kindnesses, has made for one of the best shows on television.

He sought out Israel for the refuge it promised and can’t stop talking about the kindnesses that Israelis afforded him once he arrived.

Instead, however, it has become a lesson in the power of small, seemingly insignificant kindnesses.

Kindnesses by neighbors and strangers still occur.

One of Tom’s few kindnesses, to me at least, is his willingness to overlook those moments of pretending, and let you catch up without embarassment.