Random Act of Kindness: The power it carries
Non-tech post tonight. Ya I know, I’m over due for one too.
I’m going through a lot of pain right now with LSA errors on a SQL server so I will blog shortly about that. Tonight is a reflection on life, karma, and a random act of kindness.
Today was a very very long day for me. I’ll spare you the details, but I wasn’t having fun to say the least. I went down to my favorite sandwich shop, Santoro’s in Burbank. For those of you that don’t know Santoro’s I assure you…you’re TRULY missing out. It’s located on Burbank Blvd about 5 blocks away from the freeway, as if you were driving away from the mall. The sandwiches are truly a work of art and boy do they taste good.
Anyways, it was a long line, and I don’t shy away from making random conversation with people. This nice gentleman behind me was a regular and we started discussing the quality of the food at Santoro’s. As the long line for the rush hour chugged along, we proceed to talk stocks, politics, life — he was getting ready to retire and was pretty excited about it. As we approached the counter the owner of Santoro’s obviously knew the man and told me that he, the man I was talking to, was going to buy my lunch. I was a little shocked, and insisted I pay for my sandwich as I didn’t even know the man and we had just been chatting in line. Neither one of them would hear of it and insisted. I formally introduced myself to both of them and thanked the man who bought me my sandwich.
I left Santoro’s with my sandwich in hand and a warm feeling in my heart. That simple random act of kindness truly made my day. One day I’ll repeat it to somebody else — not because I feel obligated, but because I can’t help but want to make somebody feel as good as I did today.
You know God answers prayers in very mysterious ways — and he answered mine. That man made my day.
I doubt you’re reading this, but if you are, thanks for lunch Henry. Hope we bump into each other again.
