January 15th

Nathan:


On Friday, I was at home. It was about 2 pm and I was starting to panic knowing that I would be going to a hockey game that night with Cole and might not have an opportunity to show someone kindness. Then I remembered last week that our neighbors had taken our trash can from the street to where we store it by the garage. So, I decided to return the favor to them and this week I took their trash can and placed it where they store it by their house returning their kindness. At the hockey game I did have a chance... but didn't realize it until today. It's funny, but now I catch myself replaying my days through my head seeing if I missed anything and that's what happened again today. I was at the hockey game and I went to go get some food. I ordered the Chilli Cheese Nachos with Sour cream and onions. It was huge and looked magnificent!!!!! When I got back to my seat everyone was talking about how good they looked (I went with a lot of co workers and their families). While I was finishing my very beautiful Chilli cheese nachos one of my co workers kids sat next to me and said I was really hoping to get a nachos like yours but I couldn't find them and I got this. He showed me his nachos with chips and nacho cheese on the side. It was like comparing a picture that I painted to one that picasso painted. Then I told him where he could get beautiful chilli cheese nachos like mine. He didn't go though........What I should have done was to stop what I was doing and go buy the boy the picasso chilli cheese nachos. But I didn't, dang it... but I will next time.

Today (Saturday), I was driving to work and on the way there, the homeless lady I had failed to be kind too popped into my head. Knowing that I would be driving right by where I had seen her last time, I began to pray that I would have another chance to be kind to her. I was just so sure she was going to be there, but when I pulled up to the stop light where she was at last time no one was there... which is odd because someone is usually always there. Dissapointed, I went on to work. On my way back I decided to drive by the place again instead of taking my usual way home. Sure enough the exact same lady was standing there. I had $2 this time and gladly gave it to her. I have given more then $2 to churches, missionaries and to different homeless people before and I have to say that this was just the most rewarding of them all. Don't know why but it just is.