Ordinary Extra – A Friendly Tip

Ordinary Extra – May 22, 2023. Just a friendly tip.

 

We live in an age where comparisons are being made 24/7 whether we know it or not. Social media, TV, Internet ads, and many more outlets bombard us all with image. Image as in, this is how the perfect product, or the perfect moment, or even any product in the perfect setting, can make life, well, pretty near perfect.

You know what I am talking about. Pictures of how awesome other people’s life is, at least that is how it is made to look. At some level we all get caught up in the “keeping up with the Joneses” mentality. And we think out loud or to ourselves, “Well, my yard, my vacation, my this, or our that doesn’t like nearly as good as theirs”.

So, I am here to spread some ordinary extra moments. These are things that happen in an average day in my little world. Some might resonate, some may not. But the point is, be happy and thankful for what you do have. And sometimes that might just be the ability to think, to breathe, to work, to love, to feel, and so on. There is beauty all around us.

I delivered some packages to an older couple out on the NH/VT border. The boxes had to be moved a few times, which I did. At their request, the packages were stacked exactly where they wanted them. It wasn’t hard work but it took some effort.

After the gentleman had signed for the packages, he came back out of the house to get my attention before I left. He waved a bottle of water and a box of crackers at me and said (in a thick accent, broken english), “Here. This for you. For the ride. You deserve. For the ride. Thank you.”

I thanked him heartily and told him how kind he was. For he and his wife to offer this up to me for simply doing my job was touching. I was thankful for this simple nourishment that they wanted me to have before embarking on a 100 mile drive.

Just an ordinary day with an ordinary extra moment mixed in.

 

 

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