The unhappy people of the world have been converging at work this week. As previously mentioned it is best not to take this stuff personally. Actually it tends to make me wonder what a person has going on in his/her life to make them come in and ooze hate all over perfect strangers. When I encounter a lot of negativity it makes me think about what I could do to bring some good into the world. I made this for a friend of mine a while ago and I believe it's true...
Yesterday when Jak and I were out for our evening walk, I wanted to take the boardwalk instead of the sand path to get to the dog beach. At the entrance there were two women and two little dogs. One of the women had a walker and was moving very slowly. In order for us to get on the boardwalk we would've had to get around them. After a quick scene size up I knew it would be chaos trying to get Jak by, so a little begrudgingly I headed down the path. After we got a ways down we came upon a family that was trying to take a group photo using a tripod and the timer on their camera. When they saw us coming they politely moved out of the path. And as they did so Jak decided he'd found the perfect spot to do his business so then they had to wait for us. When Jak was done and I had cleaned up after him while they waited, I asked if I could take a picture for them. Sure!
Well, I had a little trouble using their camera. It was like mine but a fancier model with more functions than I am used to. After much assistance, I finally took the picture or two or three and hoped for the best. I handed them their camera, collected Jak (who was tethered to my foot) and continued on our way. As we ambled off the woman was looking at the pictures I took and I heard her say, "Wow, that's a really great picture." Phew! It was better than I thought. And I guess that's why I was meant to take the path and not the boardwalk. I was happy to oblige. Because nice matters.
Until next time...
Peace & Love,
Hope
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