Good Yay Kindness Sunshine Pretty Lollipop Flower!
So I decided I wanted to do a random nice thing for my friends. I went to Ingles and bought some flowers, then wrote sweet notes about friendship and taped a note and a flower to all my friend's doors. I got Melissa to help me. We were SO ninja!
But anyways, when I was at Ingles, I picked up a bundle of yellow flowers. It looked like from that alone I'd definitely have enough to go around. But then I saw some very pretty lavender tulips. They just seemed to be calling to me, and they were only $2.00. I figured, why not? I can always use extra and give flowers to my teachers, too! So I picked up both bundles.
Something funny happens when you carry flowers. People just smile at you. Like you're special just because you have flowers. Maybe they can tell you're about to give them to somebody special, and they're smiling at the thought of such kindness. So everyone was smiling at me.
When I got to the register, an old lady got in line behind me as I was being rung up. "What pretty flowers!" she said to me.
"Oh, thank you," I said, smiling.
"Do you have purple in your home somewhere?"
"Oh, they're not for me!" I answered.
Now, I'd already decided that I wanted to give her a flower even before she commented. So I gathered up my good deed courage and turned to her before I left. I broke a purple tulip off for her.
Her eyes lit up. "Oh, dear," she smiled, "You didn't know this, but... When I came in to the store I had wanted to somehow get just one flower because it's my husband's birthday today...."
Of course, at this point I'm certain the universe pulled me to buy those purple flowers just so I would have the opportunity to give one to this nice lady. So I broke off another flower for her and said, "Here. One for you and your husband."
She smiled so big. "Dear, I feel like I've known you my whole life! Thank you!" And she gave me a hug right there in the aisle.
I drove home with tears in my eyes, thanking the universe for giving me the chance to do something so nice.
But anyways, when I was at Ingles, I picked up a bundle of yellow flowers. It looked like from that alone I'd definitely have enough to go around. But then I saw some very pretty lavender tulips. They just seemed to be calling to me, and they were only $2.00. I figured, why not? I can always use extra and give flowers to my teachers, too! So I picked up both bundles.
Something funny happens when you carry flowers. People just smile at you. Like you're special just because you have flowers. Maybe they can tell you're about to give them to somebody special, and they're smiling at the thought of such kindness. So everyone was smiling at me.
When I got to the register, an old lady got in line behind me as I was being rung up. "What pretty flowers!" she said to me.
"Oh, thank you," I said, smiling.
"Do you have purple in your home somewhere?"
"Oh, they're not for me!" I answered.
Now, I'd already decided that I wanted to give her a flower even before she commented. So I gathered up my good deed courage and turned to her before I left. I broke a purple tulip off for her.
Her eyes lit up. "Oh, dear," she smiled, "You didn't know this, but... When I came in to the store I had wanted to somehow get just one flower because it's my husband's birthday today...."
Of course, at this point I'm certain the universe pulled me to buy those purple flowers just so I would have the opportunity to give one to this nice lady. So I broke off another flower for her and said, "Here. One for you and your husband."
She smiled so big. "Dear, I feel like I've known you my whole life! Thank you!" And she gave me a hug right there in the aisle.
I drove home with tears in my eyes, thanking the universe for giving me the chance to do something so nice.