Refill with Randy: Commit to intentional acts of kindness in 2025

Posted 2 February 2025 at 8:23 am

By Randy LeBaron

Good morning! Grab your favorite cup. Fill it up. And let’s start this day right… TOGETHER!!!

After a month-long hiatus I am thankful to be back writing Refill with Randy and I look forward to connecting with you over a cup of coffee (or another beverage of your choosing) every other week in 2025.

As I began this first article back, I admittedly began to struggle because as much as I wanted to write about something inspiring I was coming off an exceedingly difficult week filled with too many funerals. And just the night prior my dream of another Bills’ Super Bowl turned into yet another nightmare starring Patrick Mahomes.

Add to that the fact that I had several near accidents on the road earlier during the windstorm and that I was already worrying about how my family and I were going to get out of our driveway in the morning since the snow drifts had already encased our vehicles. Thankfully though, it was in that moment that my wife ran in the room to tell me that our friend Ron LaGamba was sitting out front with his plow.

After making it so we could get our vehicles out of the way Ron spent the better part of an hour plowing out our overly wide driveway. Knowing that Ron had been sick made this gesture of goodwill that much more generous in our eyes and we were equally grateful.

Ron LaGamba was a welcome sight at the LeBaron home after a recent snow.

And this was not the first time that Ron has showed up to help in this capacity. There were other times and other people helped as well. And he is not alone. I have witnessed others displaying wonderful acts of kindness often such as someone paying for a stranger’s meal while another offered a ride to someone walking home in the cold.

It would be easy to focus on all the troubling things that are happening to or around us in this world, but then we would miss the seemingly random acts of kindness that are taking place all around us. I say seemingly because, even though the act may appear random to the one observing or to the one being shown kindness, it is an intentional act by the one doing it. And so I would urge you to consider becoming more intentional yourself in 2025 when it comes to caring for others.

Be intentionally kind. Be intentionally generous. Be intentionally considerate. Be intentionally hospitable. Be intentional about finding ways to show others love in tangible ways.

Pay for the food of the person behind you at a drive-thru. If you have a waiter or waitress that seems overwhelmed, instead of adding to their stress add some extra $ to their tip and leave an encouraging note.

Go to a local nursing home and spend time with a resident putting together a puzzle or simply listening to their stories (You won’t be disappointed!). Get creative. It doesn’t have to be complicated; it just has to be intentional. Let’s remind others how much we care one kind act at a time.

See you in 2 weeks!