Not to toot my own trumpet but I am usually a pretty nice person. I let people in when stuck in traffic, i smile at people, i am always nice to waiters and i don't use my hooter unless its to avoid an accident. Yesterday i had a profound experience at the grocery store... I realize now, I have completely underestimated how much of an effect i feel from doing nice things for others. And how awful the world really can be...
I don't know - maybe i am too tired to articulate properly. Yeah actually thats exactly it but i am going to keep writing anyway (:P).
So i was in my usual mad rush, 5 million places to be and at least 50 unchecked items on the grand list of things to do that day... i ran back to get some onions and as the clerk was weighing and bagging them i saw a man in a wheelchair, maybe cerebal palsy (sp?) having a light seizure. His few groceries where falling everywhere while he tried to get control of his body, everyone was just walking by and pretending not to notice... oblivious! Not even the store manager, standing right beside him (!) was helping!
I have felt too embarrased to tell anyone, but you know ~ my blog is different.
I helped him pick up his groceries, perched them back on his lap, smiled big and blushed and asked him if he was ok. He gave me this huge smile and said yes. By then my groceries were through the checkout and they were waiting on the onions while watching. I jogged back, paid for the groceries and left.
I felt so good for the rest of the day ~ and even felt the ripples of it today.
A few days earlier i drove past another man in a wheelchair, struggling up a really steep hill. It was peak traffic time and chaotic drivers were just speeding past. I thought 'i really want to stop and push him up that hill', but i didnt. I kept it in the back of my mind and am so stoked that i did in some small way get to do something really nice and unexpected for someone.
Peace ***
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