Selfless, Cold, and Composed....

so many things i've wanted to write about.
so many interesting things have happened.

i wish i would have written them all down sooner.

today, i was at central market for lunch. i went to get away from everything going on around me. this guy was taking too long of a time in the soup line. i was getting really impatient, but i stayed quiet. i noticed an old man (old enough to be a grandfather, but looked more like willie nelson) waiting on the other side of the slow, slow business man. when he was done, i dove in to get my lid for my cup, i asked the older man if he would like a lid too. he was so taken back, he hesitated to speak. he told me why yes and thank you. while we were walking to check out, he handed me a napkin when he got one.

i was having a really bad day today. in fact, it never really got any better. i was in no mood to do anything nice for strangers, especially after having about 5 minutes wasted waiting for slowly mcsouperson. I don't know if I did it because I've always had these manners bestowed in me or if because i knew it was just something to do. to help someone (even if it was just a lid) when you could. then that older man doing something nice back to me because of it. slowly mcsouperson also got a lid from me, despite him making me miss some pages in my book.

i guess the point is, even though you don't want to do something nice or take the time to help others when you have so much other stuff going on in your life, sometimes it's just something you do. whether if you are trying to be righteous or not.

if we never did anything nice for other people, what kind of world would we be living in?