Happy day to you!

How are you?

I had an interesting day yesterday. I had to take my truck into the shop for some regular, routine benchmark service (and fork over a lot of monies, but oh well, better than a more expensive problem because I did not do it). Here is your reminder to take care of your vehicle before you have a problem!

Anyway, I had some encounters with two strangers that had a lot to share about how their days and lives were going. I think I have one of those faces that people like to share things with, I do not know. Maybe they just needed someone to share with and because I asked how they were doing and how their day was going, and they answered truthfully. Their words and feelings really struck me.

Mean what you say and say what you mean, as they say. Whoever ‘they’ are. I try to ask those questions because I really do care about the answers. Words and how we say them really matter. I think people often forget that. I hope their days got better.

I will not share their stories as they are not mine to share, but they served as good reminders for walking through life.

A reminder to always be kind. A reminder that any one person can have no idea what troubles another is facing.

A reminder that your struggles are no bigger than any other person’s. Everyone has them and they all add up to the same thing at the end of the day.

It is more than the Golden Rule. It is compassion and grace.

A reminder to keep moving and not stay in the troubles. A reminder to not judge a book by its cover. Or one page. Or one chapter. Any one thing does not define us.

A reminder that one person’s definition or vision of success is not another’s. A reminder that difference does not mean less.

A reminder again that there is more than one way to make a life and that one is not better than the other.

Walk in love, dear readers, and offer some kindness to your fellow stranger today. Coffee break is over, let us all get back to work! It is yours to get!