Mushroom and Swiss and a Heart Tug
My youngest daughter and I were in our favorite Dairy Queen a few weeks ago - getting all kinds of busy with a Mushroom and Swiss Burger and Onion Rings (Oh My Gracious God, them’s good…). We saw an adorable little, elderly man come in and approach the counter. We couldn’t help but smile mid-bite when we saw the reaction of the women behind the counter - they each jumped, smiling ear to proverbial ear, trying to get to him first. The one that made it “Honeyed” him to within an inch of the law. After she gave him his order, she even offered to help him out with it.
I mean, I love elderly people, but it was one tiny, little bag and a drink - methinks he could handle it. After he said, “No thank you, I’ve got it,” he headed off out the door, the workers went back to work, and Steph and I returned our full attention to our main course, casting an eye toward dessert.
We talked about it on the way home, kindness and genuine concern for another human being shouldn’t stand out at all. It should be something we see every single time we’re out and every single time we read the news. Unkindness should stand out. Kindness should be a given.
If only!
Kindness is one of those words that we just kind of look over. If it were a weekday, it’d be Wednesday. We know it’s there, but we don’t pay much attention to it. The world would be a much better place if we did.
“How far you go in life depends on your beign tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.” - George Washington Carver
Joi
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Great post - Mr. Carver really said it best, didn’t he? More and more I keep circling back to the “Golden Rule” - think about how we want to be treated, and push it outward. All the best.
Thanks, Starbucker - and you’re so right about the Golden Rule. What an amazing world it’d be if everyone abided by that one!
Joi
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