I’ve never had a hard time with idle chit-chat while standing in the line at the super market, or anywhere else I go! I’ve met many very interesting people over the years, in my travels around the United States and overseas. Sometimes it is a person who just needed to lay a burden on someone else’s shoulder; or that a complete stranger will share moments of happiness, a loss, or confesses something they couldn’t to anyone else.
Nonetheless, I’ve never been sorry by engaging in a conversation with someone about their children, grandchildren, or life– PEOPLE ARE INTERESTING! Sometimes just listening will help someone lift a burden, or work through something they knew they had to do all along. Behind the hat, the make-up, the tired eyes or sad face, you may find…that you have something in common with the person standing there looking back at you. Just by opening up, letting go, being free just for an idle moment for a little chit-chat you might find out.
Couldn’t we all stand to take time to be pleasant for five minutes while waiting in a line or sitting next to someone at an appointment? It doesn’t hurt to open up, give of one’s self, and besides, you might just make someone’s day and who knows maybe your own! Being “Kind” to people means so much to them!
I hope your day is filled with “Sunshine and Rainbows!”
-Virginia Wright
Bluets | Houstonia caerulea Photo (c) Virginia Wright