I gave a man $10 today.
I was in Tulsa, and he approached me, asking if I had "anything against a brother from Stillwater."
I smiled and said, "Well, I'm from Stillwater and no, I don't have 'anything against a brother.'"
He needed to pay off a bill in Tulsa before he could head back to Stillwater when he had just landed a fulltime job. He showed me the bill and said he still had a ways to go.
I took a ten-dollar bill out of my billfold, handed it to him, and said, "Now you're $10 closer."
He shook my hand and hugged me and said God must have sent me (actually, my wife had sent me to pick up some batteries on the way home from teaching in Tulsa, but he was so joyous I didn't mention that).
I said, "I have confidence you'll get the rest of what you need."
"Thank you for believing in me," he replied and hugged me again.
Maybe I was played, but his troubles seemed genuine to me. And who am I to judge? I've had a bit of a struggle myself (massive understatement) for the past few years, so I'm probably more sympathetic to the plights of folks with misfortunes. I'm all about good fortune, and if I can help it along, so much the better.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Monday, March 5, 2012
Once Again...
I had a brilliant idea I wanted to share with you.
Unfortunately, I logged in wrong (note to self: Stop using so many different email accounts!). By the time I figured out my correct login ID and credentials, I forgot what I was going to write about.
This isn't the first time it's happened to me.
Has it ever happened to you? Do you find yourself in a comfortable routine, getting ready to do something, and then - BAM! - your thought process is disrupted, throwing you off the track, and then when you get back on the track you find that the train of thought has left the station?
Frustrating, isn't it?
But life goes on. And maybe I'll remember what it was I wanted to say and then post it. Or, which is sometimes the case, maybe I'll remember and then realize that it was something really dumb and not brilliant at all. Then I'll laugh.
I think the world needs more laughter. I hope you find something to laugh about today.
You can even laugh at me...
Unfortunately, I logged in wrong (note to self: Stop using so many different email accounts!). By the time I figured out my correct login ID and credentials, I forgot what I was going to write about.
This isn't the first time it's happened to me.
Has it ever happened to you? Do you find yourself in a comfortable routine, getting ready to do something, and then - BAM! - your thought process is disrupted, throwing you off the track, and then when you get back on the track you find that the train of thought has left the station?
Frustrating, isn't it?
But life goes on. And maybe I'll remember what it was I wanted to say and then post it. Or, which is sometimes the case, maybe I'll remember and then realize that it was something really dumb and not brilliant at all. Then I'll laugh.
I think the world needs more laughter. I hope you find something to laugh about today.
You can even laugh at me...
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