Random Generosity

I will start today's post by saying that I started back up on Zumba Exhilarate this evening and it kicked my ASS!! I don't even sweat that much running! I will probably post more about Zumba tomorrow, though.

What this post is really about is something that happened to me today that changed my whole outlook on my current life situation. I know that probably sounds hokey, but it's true. I cannot reveal who this person was or what they did for me, although a couple of my readers were there and know, but I'll try to give the gist of the situation.

Today, I was talking to this person like I usually do. Because she has no children of her own and she always asks about mine, I felt compelled to show her the proofs for Gabriel's spring school pictures. She ooohh'd and ahhh'd and all that. I had already gone back to what I was doing and, when she walked away, I told her goodbye. Unbeknownst to me, she had left something with my name on it without telling me that she did it. Once I realized it, she was gone. No, she didn't leave me a winning lottery ticket or a new car or even a million dollars, but what she did leave made me speechless. Not because of it's worth, but because she barely knows me beyond my name and pictures of my family. She has no idea of the recent hard times we've been going through or the stress that has gone with it. She didn't wait around to see my face or even acknowledge the act as anything other than common. At first, I was convinced that I should call her right up and tell her that I could not accept what she left, but that seems awfully rude since she didn't even really give it to me, she simply left it where I would find it. I actually spent the remainder of the afternoon not knowing what to say about it at all. It wasn't until I got home much, much later that it all sank in. While I was cooking dinner, I started to think about my blog post for tonight and how I really wanted to say something about this woman's generosity and what that says about her as a person. Then, I started to think about what I could do for her in gratitude. Thank you just doesn't seem like enough. She doesn't even know the magnitude of the impact she made on me. I think I hit emotional overload because I started to cry cooking dinner. (I told you this was going on the sappy side). Yep, there I am crying while cooking chicken because this person that barely knows me went out of their way for me. She changed my whole outlook with a gesture so selfless that I still don't have the words for it.

So, there you have it. I plan to buy her the sappiest thank you card I can find and maybe I'll make her something in return because I know if I buy something, she probably won't accept it.

Isn't it amazing how one person can change your whole perspective without even trying?