well, i just got back from the grocery store and i have to say - what a delight. i've met so many nice people waiting in the check-out lines. (for years i've been doing the self-check out, i'm not sure what that means) today i waited in a line for at least 10 minutes without any movement, but the two customers behind me in line were really chatty and just plain friendly. They weren't in a hurry or upset about anything. The girl behind me, on lunch break from the cosmotology school, was saying she felt sorry for all the celebreties, always having their weaknesses and mistakes highlighted on the front page. she said she likes to sing, but she doesn't want to deal with all that mess in Hollywood. so she said she was just fine singing in the church choir or at the kareoke bar in the basement of a local hotel.
I was really moved by her openness and her joy in the simple things like singing in the choir - i learned a lot about her story by just standing in front of her at the check out line. she didn't pretend to have anything figured out, she pretty much spelled out her weaknesses and fears in line. she was so humble it was beautiful. and she caught me off guard for sure - I'm used to just doing my own thing when i go to the store. but today i didn't do my own thing and i am so thankful. this girl's humility and kindness changed me. I wanted to invite her to go out to coffee, but i didn't...
February resolutions:
i don't wanna be just a scanner or a payer
or a shopper or a finder or a reacher or a buyer
i want to be a person and i want to be available
to other persons even at the grocery store.
i don't want to be a produce-purchasing-machine,
i just want to be a person.
4 comments:
just being is freeing
back in the west huh? what's that like?
your words are so precious to me. love ya mish!
steve, indeed, i am in the west again. it's wild how relatively quick that happens. yeah, texas is nothing like asia at all. i loved asia. she was my sister, my friend, my child, my teacher, my food. parting was hard. but america has had its share of delights as well. take care of asia and yourself!
hey molly! it was so much fun hang out with you, can't wait to heard more from you, God bless you :)
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