The Joy We Bring To Others

It’s been raining all day long. It’s also very cloudy. Usually, with weather like this I would end having a bad day, but not today apparently; I had a very good night sleep, I guess that’s the reason why. I was feeling pretty good, so I made up my mind to call some of my family back home.

Before I go any further into the story, let me give you some insights about me first. Lately, I’ve been keeping about everything to myself, and been on radio silence to almost everybody. All that to say me thinking about calling anybody right now is out of character.

But anyway, I ended up making that call. And man did it feel good. We haven’t talked in months now; needless to say that we had a lot of catching up to do.

We reminisced about the old days a bit. Right after, we started talking about current events. We touched on serious matters here and there, but the conversation as a whole was fun, pure, and organic. I enjoyed every minutes of it. We laughed our bottoms off more than it’s humanly possible. #smiles

After I hung up the phone, I asked myself why don’t you to this more often? Why did you wait that long to make that phone call?

Having witnessed how much joy one single phone call has brought to both parties involved, it made me realize how selfish that was on my part to have restrained myself from taking that decision sooner. As per usual, I was too self-absorbed.

We tend to live in our head most of the time; as a result, before we do anything, we ask ourselves this question first, what’s in it for me? And we usually don’t act until we know for sure it’s either pain-free, rejection-free, or that our ego will be fed in the process. So much so we have forgotten what it feels like to bring joy to other people. What it feels like to make someone else’s day. Or what it feels like to give away the credit. But all it takes is one little selfless gesture like a phone call or holding the door for somebody else, for us to realize that it’s totally okay not to be the center of the world; or better yet, that we’re not alone on this planet and that random acts of kindness make the world go round.