I work a sunday shift every month and it happened to be today. I start at 8 in the morning and am usually too disorganised to get myself brekky, let alone lunch. So when the 12 o'clock hunger fairies brutally attacked my stomach and I had nothing to eat, I was left with no option but to visit Safeway for some tasty and nutritious 2-minute noodles.
I only had 10 minutes to eat lunch. To put that in perspective, my break on a regular day is 50 minutes, and I spend the majority of those minutes ingesting various edibles. Basically, I was in a hurry, needing to select, purchase, cook and eat my meal in no more than 600 seconds. However the supermarket was packed and the queue for each aisle was upsettingly long. Selecting my one item, and avoiding the so-called "express lanes" I strode the length of the store to find the shortest checkout line, finding one with just 2 people.
The lady in front, immediately aware of my situation, let me ahead of her! At that moment I felt really cared for. Like there are actually people out there who do consider others, and put the needs of their neighbor ahead of their own. A few thoughts came to mind:
- the "small things with great love" is a top concept
- I really don't practice it enough, I should be on the lookout for chances to do it
- it shouldn't take a non-Christian to teach me this - we should be leading the way
Cheers - Nath
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