A nice little story

[SandraC]

Hi ~ today I was at the grocery store. I was at the deli counter placing an order. There was a lady doing the same with another store employee. My kids were fighting ~ that tuckered me out. I accidentally leaned against the ladies grocery cart for a good 5 minutes. When I finally realized that I wasn't resting on my cart and quickly piped up, "Oh, I am so sorry! I thought this was my cart." She kindly turned to me and said, "I was happy to give you the gift of rest. It was the least I could do to help you." WOW! I thought! We chatted momentarily and wished each other a good day. I felt wonderful. Not only did she give me the gift of a little rest, she taught me to forgive someone who cuts me off while in my car ~ maybe they have an emergency. I will forgive a rude cashier ~ maybe they had a really bad day or a sick child. I will forgive more and try to understand that everyone has a story. S

 

[house_of_princesses]

The gift she gave you is priceless! Thank you for sharing!

 

[HauntedMansionGeek]

Awwww that really is a neat story and what a great gift it was!

Thankyou so much for sharing.......the simple gift of patience and understanding can be bigger than we realize.

 

[Rajah]

That's neat. You don't meet too many people like that any more.

 

[wdwnutze]

WOW!! What a great lesson learned. It really doesn't take much to make someones day a little brighter.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Very nice indeed, Sandy, thanks for sharing, made me smile. What a nice lady. I bet she enjoyed watching you enjoy your moment of rest too. Cool.

 

[DoeWDW]

Sandy, this is a great story. We can have such a positive impact on the world with such small acts of kindness toward our fellow man!

 

[Pooh93]

That's very nice. When I was pregnant w/2nd dd, I was at the grocery store with my first dd (a toddler) and she was giving me problems, and a gentleman behind us started helping me unload my groceries from the cart to the conveyor belt. At that moment it felt like the nicest thing anybody had ever done for me. Of course, maybe there was a motive behind it....get that woman and screaming kid outta here!!! Lol