This
week I am going to write of one “small” act of kindness every day. Lately I have been lax in noticing kindness, and I think by taking
time to sit down and think about, then tell
you about one seemingly tiny act of kindness given or received everyday, I will
get back into the groove of being alert and receptive to kindness. And I hope the stories of “little” kindnesses
will help you to be more alert and notice them in your lives, too.
Day
one: We stopped at a roadside produce
stand. I used to love those, but the
last couple of years they tend to disappoint me. The produce often doesn’t seem “fresh” – it looks
more like someone just bought a bunch of the same boxes of fruits and veggies
the grocery stores sell and laid it all out on tables on the side of the road.
And
that was the case with the stand we pulled over for yesterday. Many of the veggies had STICKERS on them,
just like you find at Safeway or Wal-Mart.
Disappointing! If I wanted
regular old produce, I would get it at the grocery store…
David
did pick up a basket of oranges to make juice, even though (when asked) the “farmer”
told us they were from California (we are currently in Florida…). Ooookkkk, so once again, these are probably
the same oranges we could get at any big grocery store. Sigh.
But
as we were leaving, we saw some pretty peaches.
David eyed them, then asked the old man working where THOSE came
from. “Carolina!” he replied, and then
gave us a toothless smile. “They ain’t never
been chilled or nuttin’. Just picked.”
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| One lovely, juicy, fresh picked, full of kindness peach |
“How
much?” asked David.
“$2
a pound,” replied the toothless man.
David
picked up one peach and said, “We will take this one.” He handed it to the old man, who put it in a
bag for us and handed it back to David, who was getting money out to pay.
“It’s
yours,” the old man said, and gave David a wink and a toothless grin.
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