Smiles Over Broken Glass

--by hinashah4, posted Feb 13, 2013

It was a windy day.

I had kept an empty, washed glass bottle on the patio for drying, which I intended to use for some craft project. Because of the wind, the bottle rolled, fell and broke on my downstairs neighbor's patio.

My neighbor uses his patio frequently, so I immediately went down to warn him about the broken glass. However, he was not at home. I took a broom and cleaned up most of the mess around his patio from outside, but there was still some broken glass left inside his patio. I didn't want to intrude into his property, so I left him a note that explained what happened and asked him to contact me, so I could clean up the mess.

After an hour, he called me, and asked if I could help clean up inside, because he didn't have a broom. I went to his place and happily swept off his patio, clearing the broken glass.

While I was leaving, he thanked me. He remarked that, normally, his neighbors wouldn't even have bothered to inform him that the glass had broken, and he would have probably hurt his feet.

I was glad to have connected with him, and extra glad that his feet were safe. And I returned home with a reason to smile for the rest of the day!!

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Posted by hinashah4
Feb 13, 2013
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jsmc10 wrote: Bless you, it was so lovely and caring for you to sort out the glass even when he wasn't in. Thanks for sharing :)

Navu wrote: If we all show concerns to our neighbours like this we can avoids millions of petty conflicts and bad moods.

MakeSomeoneSmile wrote: That is very nice of you to make sure he knew so he didn't hurt himself! :)

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