No Good Deed Is Too Small

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If we pay attention, there are many times we can do good for others. It does not have to cost us money. Maybe it does not even have to take very much time. I imagine many of you have let a person go ahead of you in a check out line when they had very few purchases. You have smiled at a child, patted a dog. There is a pretty good chance you did not leap out of bed proclaiming "I shall be nice today". You just naturally are and do not think much about it. I had meant to post about my day at Wal Mart, on the day I forgot my license and could not go driving about. Instead I wrote a post about how badly my day had gone. I did not tell you that I was in the paint and hardware section and this frail looking little old man looked at me and said "Where have the toasters gone?" I told him I would walk with him there, because sometimes the store just confuses me, and we could go together so we would not get lost. He said "sometimes I cannot find my own kitchen". (I know where he lives as it is in the same complex as my sister. I do not know how he could lose his kitchen.) I felt good for helping, and he felt good to be successful at getting a toaster. I was behind a little old lady in the checkout. I remember her white hair, and I noted some of her purchases. She paid, gathered her bags and left. A new cashier was being trained. The experienced cashier mentioned making sure they got all purchases. When I cashed out, there was an extra bag of meats, that belonged to the previous customer. The cashiers said, "well if she does not come back we will take it to the service desk." Not too worried. I looked for her, found her in the parking lot. She did not think it was hers, til I told her what was in the bag. She went in, got it and was saved a second trip on a hot day. My point is that no good deed is insignificant. Especially to the young, and to the elderly. You can do this. I know you can.