Let’s Do It In The Road (reposted from a fellow blogger)

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Nancy, I’m pretty sure your husband and I came from the same Mama. I talk to everyone, everywhere. I firmly believe that acknowledging someone, showing interest in someone, may have an impact the magnitude thereof we could never imagine. That grocery store bagger who was just dumped by her boyfriend; the mailman who’s always so grouchy when he drops off the mail; fellow hikers struggling up the same mountain; the cable representative you called about an error in your bill; my, oh, my, the list is endless. Those aren’t wasted words expended on your part – those words could absolutely signal to that stranger that they matter and that all is not lost.

We have a great responsibility when confronting our fellow man/woman, and I take it very seriously. I’d rather be responsible for someone’s good day, than add to their lousy day.

See also: Small acts of kindness, huge benefit; It is never wrong to do good; What are you: a builder-upper or a tearer-downer?

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Not literally of course.

But this week, I read yet another article about things you should not do in public. Obvious stuff – like texting in a restaurant, letting your kids run wild in the grocery store, talking loudly at the movies.

I agreed with everything on the list.

But I thought it was a shame that all I read and hear is about the shit you shouldn’t do in public.

Someone should compile a list of shit you really should do in public.

I think it should be me.

Here’s a start:

Talk to strangers.  OK, so maybe not if you are eight. But adult to adult? My husband always talks to the people in front and behind him in line at the supermarket. And everywhere really – at the post office, at the bank, at the gas pump. You know what he gets out of it? All…

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2 thoughts on “Let’s Do It In The Road (reposted from a fellow blogger)”

    Jill Weatherholt said:
    June 26, 2016 at 2:01 pm

    I talk to everyone too, Irene. Who knows, we could be the only person who speaks to them all day…or all week. Thanks for sharing!

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      boomer98053 responded:
      June 26, 2016 at 2:10 pm

      So very, very true. I really like Nancy Roman’s posts. She’s a published author of a fun-to-read novel.

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