Why small acts of goodness still matter

LIFE CAN FEEL HEAVY

- RUBENE RAMDAS

I AM NOT an expert on kindness. I don’t write from a place of having it all figured out. I am learning as I go, often getting it wrong, correcting myself, and trying again the next day. Like many of us, am very much a work-in-progress. But one thing I am becoming more certain of is this: small acts of goodness still matter. Maybe now more than ever.

In South Africa, life can feel heavy. People are tired — emotionally, financially, mentally. We carry worries about work, safety, the cost of living, our children’s futures, and simply keeping our heads above water. In the middle of all that, kindness can feel like a luxury. Something we'll get to when life is easier. Yet it’s often in these exact moments that small acts of goodness quietly hold things together.