Deeds better than words
To the editor:
On any given day, you could turn on your TV to the 6 p.m. or 11 p.m. news and hear stories about who has been killed or how many children died in a fire, essentially murder and mayhem.
It creates the unfortunate impression that humanity is indeed in trouble and that life is nothing more than a mixture of horrible problems.
That, however, is simply not the case because those accounts of real-life situations are merely a minuscule part of every day events that human beings, for the most part, fill with wonderful and heartwarming gestures.
Consider “Confectionately Yours” a family restaurant in Kendall Park, owned and operated by the Gondek family.
Recently, I learned Mary Gondek and her chef have been delivering a complete, free and fully cooked meal for as many as 65 residents to the Charleston Place Senior Center on Route 27 in Kendall Park each month.
Naturally, after Mary told me the story she asked that I not repeat it to anybody, but my exact words in response to that request were; “are you kidding, I going to tell everybody I know.”
What most of us do not understand is that telling a story like this becomes a valuable source of inspiration to others.
The Gondeks live their life in a manner that casts a warm glow over everyone they touch. These types of things happen every minute of every day, and all we need do is pay attention and celebrate it when we see it.
I believe it was Mohandas Gandhi who once said, “good deeds are better than good words.”
Respectfully,
Arthur A. Roedel, Jr.
Monmouth Junction
Resident proud of students
To the editor:
On Tuesday, I went to the Target Shopping Center to have a manicure.
The nail shop is right next door to Rita’s Ice Cream. The sidewalk was completely full of students from South Brunswick High School.
All the students went there to get free Rita’s ice cream since it was opening day for the business.
This (letter) is a congratulation to all the students that were there.
They were having a good time, all waiting on line or having been served, but they were orderly while waiting on line and acting in a responsible way.
I was very proud of all of them.
Everyone always seems to finds the times when teens are acting out or causing problems.
Here, there were up to 100 students at any given time (at the business), all polite, and enjoying the free ice cream.
Jo Hochman
Kingston

