Visiting my family in Iowa I am struck by how friendly and kind total strangers behave. It appears that this part of the country has an infectious way of greeting everyone with a smile and kind words. It reminds me that there are no isolated acts of kindness that merely exist by themselves. When you experience any act of kindness it seems that you are more available to create your own acts of kindness for others. I also realize that when you perform any act of kindness it may be the only one that the other experiences that day.