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我拿着公文包，急忙朝着办公楼大门的方向走去。在寒风中我尝试摸索着寻找我的钥匙，钥匙是找到了，但它却不能打开那扇门，我放下公文包，专心再试试。可是，我仍然不能打开这扇我通常并不用来进出办公楼的大门。我转过身来，决定绕大楼走到另一扇门。就在这时，里面一位彬彬有礼的男士在轻敲窗户，示意我进去，带着令人温暖的热情欢迎的笑容，他为我打开大门。

尽管这是一件微不足道的事，是时常都可能会遇到的，但当我进入大楼时，我的心和我整个人都感到无比的温暖。

他没有必要这样做，我本是可以从另一扇门进去的，然而他的良善和好意成为我的祝福，至今我仍然记得，他那仁慈的行动就像润滑剂，能够使别人的生活过得更畅快。

我们每一个人都曾受惠于类似的善行，这些善行的形式各异：给心烦的收银员一个微笑、向流泪的人说一句鼓励的话、在别人有需要的时候致送慰问卡、停下来聆听伤心的邻居倾诉。你不会得到任何报酬，或许没有其他人留意到你所做的，你甚至可能已经忘了这件事，然而，因着你所做的，这个世界已经变得更美好了呢！

人们在我们对别人的良善和仁慈的关怀中，看到何为爱心，也看到我们的信心。

Briefcase in hand, I hustled toward the door of the office building. In the wind and cold I fumbled for my keys. I had the right key, but it wouldn't open the door. I set my briefcase down and tried a little more intently. But the door, not the one I usually used to enter the building, would not open. I turned around, deciding I would have to go around the building to another door. But then a gentleman inside came tapping on the window and gesturing for me to come in. With a warm, welcoming smile, he opened the door for me.

It was a small thing, the kind of thing that can happen often. But it warmed my heart and the rest of me as I entered the building.

He didn't have to do it. I could have gotten in by another door, but he blessed me with his good kindness. I remember it still. That gracious act was like a lubricant that made life flow more smoothly.

All of us have been on the receiving end of such acts. The shape of these acts varies: smiling kindly to a harried cashier, speaking a word of encouragement when a tear brims in the eye, sending a note of concern at the right time, pausing to ­listen to a hurting neighbor. You weren't paid to do it. Perhaps no one else noticed it. You may even have forgotten the deed, but the world is a better place because you did it!

Love is seen in the good and kind care we show to others—and our faith is seen too.