I was in a health food store when I heard a woman say her foot was hurting and she was going to call a cab.
I paid for my purchase and left to pick up some dry cleaning from the eco-friendly cleaners next door. I was walking back home when I saw the woman outside the health food store, presumably waiting for the cab.
I knew I wanted to make a trip to a craft store later that day and that I'd be driving. I asked her where she was going. She told me a place which was actually on the way to the craft store. So I said, "I've got a crazy idea. How about you cancel the cab and I'll give you a ride? It will save you some money and besides, I only live a few minutes away." To my amazement she said okay without any hesitation or questions. (I don't know if I would have been so trusting if a stranger made me the same offer!)
So I walked home, hung up my dry cleaning, got in my car and picked her up. Where she was going was so right on the way that I would have taken almost the same route to get where I was going. She thanked me, then I gave her a Smile card saying maybe she could do something kind for someone else. She said she would.
It was such a beautiful interaction.
But there's more! So, I get to the craft store, pick up what I went for and then, as I'm waiting at the checkout, the woman behind me says that she has a coupon for 50% off any item in the store. She gave it to me because she had an extra one!
I was floored - and struck by the perfect timing of it all! I thanked her, let her go ahead of me in line, and gave her a Smile card. She said she would check out the website when she got home.
They say "what goes around comes around" and "as you sow, so shall you reap," but sometimes it is hard to see how that works as often there is a "manifestation delay." Each action creates a ripple that eventually comes back to us, but sometimes it is a lot later so we forget the connection.
It was just really fun for me to experience today how God (or "the universe" if one is uncomfortable with God) orchestrates the causes and effects in a discernable, linkable, manner where it was clear to me how in giving I'm also opening myself to receiving gifts, now or in the future. And I can learn so much from others as to how open they are to receiving in a way I might not have been if offered the same gift. So cool!
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- Posted by Namaste
- Mar 13, 2012
- Comments (24)
Readers Comments
annjav wrote: I love it. What a great, timely reward for your kind deed! Thanks for sharing!
bluebell wrote: This is a fantastic time for the weavers of kindness, never in our lives "as you sow, so shall you reap" has been so fast. More than ever we must be mindful of our actions and keep on planting kindness seeds every step of the way. Love an Light and Endless Blessings, Bluebell
unknown wrote: a beautiful case of instant karma!
moral12 wrote: That was a wonderful day you had, giving and receiving. Thanks for sharing your happy day's adventures! :)
peanut wrote: Great story,thanks for sharing,you did a good deed & one was returned.Giving & receiving nothing lifts you yp more.
raindancer wrote: realy awesum, wow! sounds like a really wonderful day
erinvictoria wrote: Great example of instant karma!
Bluebellgirl wrote: This was such a nice story, I can just picture myself in your shoes with the detail that you gave on your kind encounter :) . Its amazing to me on how trust is such an important component to kindness and how some strangers are willing to make themselves that open for the sake of goodness. My mum sometimes says to me not to be so trusting, since some people can mistake kindness for weakness. But I had told her " Mum if no one trusts, the world will be in a much dimmer shallow place. Besides kindness is rarely the wrong thing to do." ;) Bright Blessings and I amend you for your ability to trust those you dont know, especially id your doing good for others. :) :) :D Bright Blessings.
MakeSomeoneSmile wrote: That is wonderful! I love when a kind act like your offer to give her a ride continues into an ongoing kindness adventure! :)
HappyDae wrote: There is little I could add to the other beautifully written comments, but still, wanted you to know that sharing your day has blessed each of us. Wonderful!!!
