“I don’t want to live in the kind of world where we don’t look out for each other. Not just the people that are close to us, but anybody who needs a helping hand…” Charles de Lint, Canadian writer.
Last weekend, I went to the Waverly Farmers Market here in Baltimore. Sat my keys down at a vendor’s stand (a bakery vendor of course). Walked toward my car. Stopped to fetch my keys. Couldn’t find them and couldn’t remember where I last had them. Was sitting on a curb emptying the contents of my purse when a woman named Mary saw the look of panic on my face and stopped to see if I needed help. She chose to walk with me as I backtracked through the market to each vendor I’d visited. Thankfully, I rescued my keys from the lost and found. During this adventure, Mary and I sang a Bob Marley song with the busker (I mean, it was International Reggae Day), and talked politics, tweets, NPR, and community. As we parted with hugs and air kisses, I thanked her for her kindness and promised to pass it on and show love and kindness to someone else. I’m asking all of you amazing beings of light to do the same. Be kind to someone. Offer to help. Give a compliment, or share a smile. This is how we create the world we want to see, one moment, one step, one encounter at a time.
Till next…
DG