You know - shopping this year has not been quite the ordeal it has been in the past. I'm finding that maybe - just maybe - the Christmas Spirit has found its way into Walmart, Pier 1 - definitely not in one of the bath and body shops, though. Those women are rabid.
In Walmart the other night, I was left with a full cart and no help at the checkout. It had been a long day, and I must have looked tired because the gentleman behind me began helping me unload my cart. I was hurrying, I swear - so it had to have been some surge of seasonal spirit that inspired him. Not only that, as the bags were being filled, he put them back in the cart for me!
He left me smiling - it only takes one act of kindess, no small thing, although the giver of it would protest that it was nothing, to make a person's night. The thoughtfulness of it is all it takes...
Then, there was the gentleman at McDonald's. My son and I walked in, and I was giggly and bubbly, and noticed an older gentleman looking at me and smiling. He was amused, no doubt. While my son waited for the food, I got the drinks and condiments. It was a load, but my waitress days and wide hands serve me well. The gentleman came up to me and said - do you have that ok? do you need some help?
and i was thinking - what a sweetie! he reminded me of dr. h with his kind eyes and gentle smile.
and then there was the other gentleman in walmart who helped me pick out some blank cd's for my computer. he told me about his new digital camera, and how he had waited five years to get the one he wanted. he told me about lenses and other camera things i know nothing about, and that the difference between men and boys was the price of their toys. so i asked him - are you a professional photographer?
he blushed, i swear, and said..no, but maybe i should have been.
i would've liked to have talked more with him, but the crowd jostled us along.
such interesting people, such kind folks out there...and that's what i'm gonna focus on.
and now, to beat the crowds and head out shopping by 5 a.m.
y'all - have a merry, merry happy christmas!
3 comments:
Good Morning Mara :-)
This is the second entry I read this morning that was full of positive holiday spirit...appreciating those who gives 100 plus percent to others..I love this entry~it tells the other side of humans--unconditionally loving, caring, kind, appreciative....and you're right to focus on it..I'm going to do it as well. Yesterday behind a car at a stop light..a license plate reads: "Why Try?"... so instead of me saying I'll "try" to see the good things..why not just focus wholeheartedly.."why try?".....just focus right? :-)
Thank You for writing this entry & sharing it Mara ;-)
Merry Christmas eve,
Gem :-)
MERRY CHRISTMAS MARA!! I HOPE YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY!
LOVE,
KIM.
Merry Christmas to you, Paula
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