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Annelise Roberts's avatar

I’ve noticed recently how I have to work to engage with people in the store. I get tired of being kind and hopeful. Or the kids are acting crazy and it’s hard to be patient when another person tells me my hands are full. But I never regret at least making eye contact with the person checking out the groceries and asking how their day is. It makes me feel more human, even if there’s not much else to the interaction than a few pleasantries. People everywhere seem to be so stressed and overwhelmed and I can easily fall into that too. And then you realize how it just snowballs. Someone flipped me off at the gas pump and the temptation is to just take it and send it somewhere else — pass the hurt on. So as much as all these little interactions are nothing, I just think they have to be a lot more than that too.

I also despise letting anyone else push the cart. I can’t think without it.

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deb's avatar

Oh my goodness! One little thought you shared stopped me in my tracks --

“...I don’t actually need every experience to be beautiful—some things just need to get done.”

I know there’s beauty surrounding us, and I’m always on the lookout for it... but sometimes....well, yeah... the thing just needs to get done!

Thank you!!

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