Mailbox messages on Townline Road W. (Photo: Cindy Mortimer-Aitchison)
Mailbox messages on Townline Road W. (Photo: Cindy Mortimer-Aitchison)

Mailbox notes lift mid-winter lockdown spirits

 

With the lockdown still in effect across Ontario, many people are feeling lonely and in need of human connection—or at least some messages of hope.

Enter some kind-hearted residents.

On January 25, Cindy Mortimer-Aitchison saw a woman and two children at the community mailbox on Townline Rd. West.

She later discovered that they had left heartfelt and uplifting notes on each and every mailbox.

“I thought it was really cute as each one had a different saying and drawing,” said Mortimer-Aitchison. “You could tell these kids spent a good long time drawing and writing them.”

The notes included messages such as:

-“Spread love wherever you go”

-“Create your own sunshine”

-“Strive for progress, not perfection”

-“Change the world by being yourself”

-“Your only limit is your mind”

-“You are ENOUGH”

-“Do what makes your soul shine”

-“When you focus on the good, the good gets better”

-“You bring out the best in everyone”

These uplifting messages brought smiles to residents on Townline Road W. (Photo: Cindy Mortimer-Aitchison)

Motimer-Aitchson also said that she later witnessed an elderly couple reading the notes and could see how happy it made them.

Mortimer-Aitchison doesn’t know the family who left the notes, but she has a message of her own for them: “Thank you so much for your positivity.”

 

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6 Comments

  1. Brenda Begg says:

    This is such a beautiful and noteworthy random act of kindness. These children have been well taught re compassion. A+ Is this posted under ‘It’s All Good’?

  2. David James says:

    Nice!

  3. Andreas Zapletal says:

    Beautiful act of kindness!

  4. Kirsty Williamson says:

    It’s these things that make living in Huntsville special!!!!!

  5. PATRICIA DONALDSON says:

    I think that is the sweetest thing. It certainly lifted my spirits the first day I saw it and everyday since. We need more people in the world like this who care. Thank you to the family that did this, you are amazing 🙂

  6. Susan Godfrey says:

    What a great act of kindness; uplifting!