The trouble with random acts of kindness....

I am not a very nice person, so being kind is a bit of an oddity, being random and kind is way out there.

But nevertheless the last two days I have done a couple 'nice' things, and ... it was worrisome.

First I turned a garbage can around.  Our city has huge 4 foot tall rolling carts with a metal bar that the garbage tuck can lift up to dump, if the bar is not street side, the truck can't empty it.  The driver might come turn the can around, but then again he might just let you go for a week.
So while walking the dog, I turned this one very full can around.

Then as I walked away I started thinking.  "What if it was backwards because they thought it would spill out, or because it was too full, or because it was supposed to be picked up, or...."  It was a very stressfull walk home!

Then today I mowed my lawn, the mower doesn't stop when you let go of the 'safety hand;e'.  So when I finished my lawn, I didn't want to waste the gas so I just mowed my neighbors lawn.  Only I started thinking..."What if I do it all wrong, and they are mad?  What if doing half the job (as I wasn't willing to refill the lawnmower once it finally stopped from running out of gas) means they have to pay earlier because it annoys them to be half done instead of kinda high?  What if I run over something and kill their flowers, or ruin the lights? What if just plain me being sorta nice makes them mad?  Some people are like that.  Wait I think this neighbor works nights, I bet she is trying to sleep and here I am waking her up getting really close to the house."

Really this being nice stuff is way to stressful!