‘We’re all superheroes, we just don’t know it yet.’

Jess Kitchings is a writer and the creator of The Good In Every Day, a wonderful blog featuring inspirational interviews and empowering articles about connecting with those around you and seeing the positives in our everyday interactions. Read on to find out how Jess is supporting Be More Us. 

I was in a rush today. I had somewhere to be but I’d spent a little too long scrolling through social media and replying to texts from my friends so I was running a little behind. I wasn’t majorly late, but it was enough to make me to walk to the train station a little quicker than usual.

“The small, random acts of kindness that might seem insignificant to us but end up being highlight of someone else’s day.”

There was a woman with a pram waiting on the platform next to me me. Her baby was crying and she was trying to soothe them, but her attempts so far hadn’t really come to much fruition. It was clear that she was stressed and a little conscious of the men in suits around her who were grimacing at the sound of her baby’s screams. She was doing all she could, but no one paid attention to her, no one helped. When the train pulled up and those needing to depart had got off, everyone rushed to get onto the train, grabbing the available seats and gluing themselves to their phones without a second thought.

“For her that one gesture had shown her that she wasn’t invisible. I had noticed her I had reminded her that she wasn’t alone.”

Only I didn’t. I stopped and waited back, letting the woman with the pram get on before me. It was such a small gesture, but the emotion in her voice as she said ‘thank you’ really struck me. For me, I was just being polite, but for her that one gesture had shown her that she wasn’t invisible. I had noticed her I had reminded her that she wasn’t alone.

I spent the entire train ride wondering about the endless possibilities we all have on a day to show someone that they are noticed in this world, the small, random acts of kindness that might seem insignificant to us but end up being highlight of someone else’s day.

“It’s time we saw the power in the little things we do, in the small interactions we have with other people.”

For that woman, she saw that she wasn’t the mother of that screaming kid that people could barge past as if she wasn’t even there. For the elderly person at the supermarket, they might see that they haven’t become invisible or forgotten like they are so often made to believe. For the person whose partner has just died, they might be shown that even though life is tough right now there is still kindness out there in the world.

We wake up every day with the power to change someone’s life for the better, to make their day. What an incredible thing that is. We have the chance to change the world, to save it from turning into a cold, isolating place. We’re all superheroes, we just don’t know it yet.

But it’s time we did realise it. It’s time we saw the power in the little things we do, in the small interactions we have with other people. Wake up to your ability and use your powers for good.