07 Nov Good People Everywhere
Today, in neighborhoods all over the world, millions and millions of people are doing very good things…
This is the opening line of Good People Everywhere, a beautifully gentle picture bookby Lynea Gillen. I’ve read it to my daughters countless times since they were very young. The book’s pages are tattered and ripped, with tiny fingerprint smudges on the colorful illustrations.
The book highlights small, everyday acts of kindness—an older sister holding her baby brother while her mother runs across the street to help a neighbor, a first-grade boy comforting a friend who has a skinned knee, teachers helping students learn to read, musicians creating beautiful music, dancers rehearsing for performances, carpenters repairing homes damaged by storms, children trying their best on science tests, and people picking fruit so we can have a juicy orange in our lunch.
It’s the ordinary kindnesses that bind us together.
Reminding us that we belong to one another.
We are each other’s hope.