Today I needed to go to Walgreens to pick up a shipping envelope and baking powder. When I was looking for baking powder, I came across an elderly woman. She was dressed in a thrifty fashion. Mismatched shirt,pants, and a heavy winter coat. She had an obvious problem with her sight and she carried a cane. She was limping back and forth looking for something. I could tell she couldn’t find what she was looking for.  She looked in my direction and said “They don’t have what I am looking for so now I have to walk up to the farmers market”. “That’s so disappointing”.

 I said to her  “what are you looking for” ” Lemon juice” she said. We had a short conversation about how I thought that I recalled seeing lemon juice in the refrigerated section at a Walgreen’s once. I then walked away from her annoyed that they didn’t have my baking powder. I didn’t feel like driving the two minutes it would of taken me to get to a different store.

 I didn’t see her again and didn’t think about her again until I saw her try to cross four lanes of heavy traffic. I stopped traffic so she could cross the 3rd lane. The guy next to me stopped after I let her cross my lane. It took her a couple of minutes to cross. The market was only a quarter mile if that, but I knew it would take her a while to get there. It was chilly out and it was about to rain. I honestly almost kept driving. I only had a few dollars in my wallet(which would of been used for my baking powder) and I had to get home to finish my laundry. I turned the car at the last second. I ran in to get lemon juice,paid for it,ran back outside to my car and then sped out of the parking lot. I spotted her walking over a small hill. I parked my car and I walked down the sidewalk to meet her.

 I was going to run,but I would of looked like a complete nut running with a large bottle of lemon juice. I didn’t want to scare her. All I said was “hello ma’am Is this what you needed, lemon juice?” She looked at me…had a stunned look on her face, I handed it to her..she said “yes thank you”. I said God Bless.. she turned around then walked slowly toward the bus stop. Im pretty sure she made it there before it started raining.

Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.

 You can take that in so many ways. No matter if your a Christian, religious, or spiritual. I think everyone knows that  you should be kind to others, even if they are strangers. When I arrived at the laundry room at my apartment complex there were two dryers left for me to dry my clothes. (which is what I needed and the six others were being used) Then as soon as I picked up my laundry basket a stranger came from nowhere and opened the door for me. He held it open until I walked outside. A small act of kindness,but it made me smile.

So today’s post is just about paying it forward : ) It makes the world we live in a little kinder…