Greetings and welcome to today's random thought.
I think I have given up on the idea of blogging every day, no matter what. Maybe the newness has wore off. Maybe I have writer's block. Maybe I have just run out of ideas. Maybe I will change my mind tomorrow.
Proverbs 18:24a says, "A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly..." This verse is nowhere proved more to be true than by my daughter. She is just about as friendly as you can get.
Today was grocery day for the wife and daughter. Since I get paid twice a month, the wife has to stagger her grocery shopping days every other week so that there are exactly 4 grocery days per month. I think that this week was really supposed to be a Sunday grocery day but given that the stores are so busy on Sunday's, she would rather put it off one more day. This makes Sunday dinner and Monday breakfast to be slim pickin’s. However, she is more than willing to have us sacrifice so that she does not have to shop on Sunday. I have pointed out to her on occasion that we should not have to suffer (with whatever food is left) so she could avoid suffering (not shopping on Sunday). This type of complaint typically is met with deaf ears.
Anyway, back to Proverbs 18:24. Although we have taught my daughter not to talk to strangers, we do allow her some leeway when she is with us. I usually ask her about her day when I get home. Today was no different and she proceeded to tell me about a lady she met today. She started by stating the obvious, "I met a lady with just one leg." "Really," I said. She then told me that this lady's leg was sick so they had to take it off. My wife filled in the details. Evidently she saw this lady in a wheelchair that was obviously missing a leg and in a very truthful and curious manner, asked her what happened to her leg. The lady politely explained what had happened at which point my daughter looked long and hard at her legs and then stated to the lady, "I have two legs." The lady said that she was glad that my daughter had two legs.
This happened with my son as well when he was around 5. He saw someone in a wheelchair and inquired as to why the person had to be in a wheelchair. They politely explained at which time my son said, "So, you get to sit down all the time?" The person had evidently not thought of it that way and had a nice chuckle. The wheelchair must have been an electric one as he then asked about the buttons on the chair. This person explained that they made the wheelchair go. This then started a discussion about how fast it could go and how neat that must be. When my son left this person, their face was beaming. This had truly made their day.
Fast forward to the wife and daughter coming home today with groceries. There was another person walking toward the apartment building. My daughter said hello to him and he smiled at her and walked on at which time my daughter said to my wife, "He did not say hello to me." The man overheard this and turned around and came back and apologized and then said hello.
Now I know that this does not work as well if you are (oh, say) 37. But I think a lesson can be learned here. Show yourself friendly. You would be surprised of the effects.
Thanks for reading my Random Thoughts.
Jon
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