Dave Grant died last Sunday at 4.25pm., aged 50, from pancreatic cancer.
Who was Dave Grant?
Well, he was a high profile Australian comedian.
And over the years I’d seen him perform on stage and television but I did not know him personally.
I only met him once and for a brief moment.
It was a few years ago when I was dabbling in stand up comedy. I used an assumed name as there already was a professional comedian with the same name as mine.
I did a five minute spot in an out-of-city venue and bombed. I was woeful, but I was reasonably happy because I’d had a go.
After my gig I was standing around drinking an orange juice and Dave Grant came up to me and offered some helpful tips on my performance.
I listened intently and was impressed that a high profile comedian would bother with an amateur like me.
I’ve never forgotten his act of kindness.
And it’s something that I feel we all should do.
Offer a stranger an act of kindness.
When you do, you will never be forgotten.
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So right.
Offering kindness to a stranger is a powerful thing.
If the act of kindness is particularly impactful, you’ll do more than create an indelible memory on the recipient. You just might also spark a chain reaction of kindness.
Kindness that surprises also inspires. That has been my premise since 2007 when I started “Pass It Forward”, the Australian kindness movement (pifaustralia.org).
And you know what?
It really works!
BTW, thanks for devoting time to writing this blog; I hope you’ll keep up with it for many years to come.
Thanks.
I’ve read your Pass It Forward – The Australian Kindness Movement website and am impressed with your endeavours.
I hope you get your 5 million target of acts of kindness
Regards
Chris