The next person

Do you keep the unknown, next person in mind?

When we have this general sensibility, we recognize small occasions to practice selfless courtesy.

We push in a chair. We wipe our crumbs off a table. We refill an empty dispenser.

Years ago, when VHS rentals were a thing, one would rewind a tape to the beginning before returning it to the store. For the next person.

Small moments — brief occasions to help to irrigate the fields of kindness in this world.

Anyone can do it. We just have to think of the next person.