Yesterday, as I was heading back to work from an off-site visit, I stopped into Shoppers to pick up some shredded cheese, tortillas, and sour cream to make my world famous turkey taco burritos.
As I was walking in, an elderly lady was coming out of the store with her cart. She said hello, and being me, I said hello back. Since she was dressed up in a cream outfit with pink sandals and matching earrings, I asked why she was dressed to the nines, and if she had a destination other than the Shoppers in such a pretty outfit. She laughed, and told me no, but life was too short to not wear what you wanted, even if it was just to run errands. I laughed with her, and wished her a good day…and then she paused, reached into her bag, and pressed three butterscotch candies into my hand, called me a sweetheart, and then went on her way.
Random acts of kindness aren’t always paid right away, or even in ways you can see–but the rewards are always sweet.
I almost questioned whether it was safe to take candy from strangers (even at my age), but I’m taking my chances and savoring the sweet and salty goodness of a butterscotch.
Tags: Butterscotch Discs, Random Acts of Kindness, Shoppers Warehouse
July 7th, 2010 at 10:42 am
Sadly..I would have thanked the nice lady and promptly thrown the candy out. But then again I would have never talked to the lady to begin with because I unfortunately grew up thinking any stranger may be a crazy killer. Hey paranoia is a good thing when there are people out there that will set fire to your house over $20.