Earlier today I was doing some holiday shopping on St. Marks here in Manhattan, and not having much luck finding what I was looking for. Admittedly, I was hoping to be struck by some inspiration for a Chanukah present for my grandmother at a shop I’ve been going to for years, but no so such luck.
On my way back, two guys passed me on the street, and I heard just a part of their conversation. One of them said to the other, " … don’t you just love it when good things happen to people?Earlier today I was doing some holiday shopping on St. Marks here in Manhattan, and not having much luck finding what I was looking for. Admittedly, I was hoping to be struck by some inspiration for a Chanukah present for my grandmother at a shop I’ve been going to for years, but no so such luck.
On my way back, two guys passed me on the street, and I heard just a part of their conversation. One of them said to the other, " … don’t you just love it when good things happen to people?"
A little smile immediately inched its way across my face, and out loud I said to no one in particular, "Yeah. I really do."
Maybe it’s being in New York City, maybe it’s because the company I work for was recently sold to owners who just laid off 10 percent of the staff, and maybe because it’s just been a long, bizarre year and I’m a little tired, but you have to work extra hard in this town to keep your spirits up sometimes, and I think I do fairly well with it, all things considered.
But when I heard that phrase today–don’t you just love it when good things happen to people?–it gave me a little charge, one that’s been building up some steam for me lately. Yeah, I love it when good things happen to people, but I also love that [i]other[/i] people love it too. So I’m going to be on the extra look out for the good things that happen to people, big and small, and do my best to celebrate them.
Maybe somebody’ll get the job they want, or find a boyfriend or girlfriend, or adopt a pesky cat or dog that makes them crazy but can’t live without, or make ammends with a brother or sister they’ve been arguing with, or have a baby or GET THEIR FRIGGIN NOVEL PUBLISHED! But whatever it is, I’m saying, let’s celebrate them all. Even if it’s just with a little smile or a quick nod, but let’s celebrate the good things that happen to people. Because they just can’t happen enough.
What good things have happened to you lately?
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