No matter how small an act of kindness is, it can make a difference in someone's day. That was just the case for Alina when she1a bumper sticker (车贴) on her car reading: You Matter.
Several years ago, Alina started to do this. At first, she wondered if people would2it. However, much to her3, she began seeing a flood of attention every time she4the road. As often as not, people5slowly near her car would roll down their windows, raising their6 , waving and smiling. Sometimes, she even found some sticky7left on her windshield saying things like "You8too!" Last year, someone9her car while she was waiting for her friend in the car by the roadside, saying to her, "It is a(an)10sticker. I've seen various stickers before, but none of them have11me as your sticker has done. "The two small12on the sticker seem simple enough, but they really13a chord with many complete strangers who14to catch sight of the sticker."
15like Alina's really inspire the rest of us. Sometimes a kind word or gesture may lift our16and it costs nothing except for a little extra17. Maybe it means offering a friend a hug, praising the children when their children18well in school, helping someone out or volunteering at animal shelters or shelters for the homeless. Acts of19are waiting everywhere. Small as they seem, they can make a20influence on the world, and help form general goodness.
