A Chocolate Impulse

--by pat, posted Mar 17, 2010

I had just sat down on the train and opened a bar of chocolate when a really old looking man (probably around 80) sat down opposite with his huge bags. I nodded hello and smiled at him, and then I suddenly thought, why not offer him a piece of chocolate. So I did, and he was quite surprised but accepted the offer and thanked me in many words. He said that people wouldn't usually do this and offer something to a stranger - at least that was what I understood, because he was speaking a really difficult dialect, and the train was loud.

Then he opened one of his bags and handed me a handful of freshly picked cherries, explaining that he had just picked them in his garden. I learned that he had four trees and had already given away 100kg of cherries this season! His cherries were really lovely, better than the ones you buy in the shops, and I enjoyed them very much.

Well, it was just an impulse to offer him a piece of chocolate, but if I hadn't done it, I would never have tasted those lovely cherries, which I didn't even know he had at the time.

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Posted by pat
Mar 17, 2010
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JuneBug wrote: Cocolate and cherries !!! M-M-M-M-M !! They go together !! I am glad you took the impulse to make your offer ! What a good day !! :)

wayfarer wrote: What a beautiful example of how life should be lived, Pat. You get out what you put in, you give and you shall recieve. If you do it with a kind heart you usually end up ahead of the game. Well done!

Aurelia wrote: Sometimes Life is just like a Bowl Full of Cherries.......No Pits either for this wonderful experience! Kindness rippling because of your first move. :) ~Aurelia

unknown wrote: Pattie, a gift for you :)
Plz read my 'one big happy family' ... that's my gift for you :)
Hope all is very well in the choco land :) God bless the chocolatie and Cherrie :)
lovingly, deepula.

grapes wrote: hm
The universe moves in a give and take model. you give and the universe bestows on you..

working with the law of KARMA...
you are bound to get even more!

smileamile wrote: Pat, not many people would approach the elderly and then to offer choc. You made that elderly man happy that's for sure. Cherries. Nice. :-) smileamile

harvester wrote: Chocolate and cherries go so well together! This is a little reminder that all of us with gardens can share some with others. Maybe and older person on your block. I am going to make that a personal goal this harvest time. Thanks!

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