When I was in elementary school, my parents let me buy groceries in the supermarket / my dad waited in his vehicle, “parked” in the fire lane. ☺️
During one trip, I was waiting at the bakery counter and a mom and her son were ahead of me. I could tell by appearance they were not well off, and i overheard it was the son’s birthday but they could not afford (*insert*) and especially the elephant ear the child so desperately wanted. I nervously wondered if I should buy him the elephant ear. He looked really sad, which made me more nervous that I should do something. I had an envelope with money (that’s what my mom gave me to pay for groceries) and it’s not like my family would care. 😖 I ended up doing nothing and to this day I wish I had acted differently.
But it did inform me and change me a bit, in that from that time forward, I try my best never to be in that position again. To act when I can, at the moment I can. Give when I can, when the opportunity arises. I can always replace “things”. Not moments, and never time. ☺️
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Date: 2022-10-15 04:42 am (UTC)During one trip, I was waiting at the bakery counter and a mom and her son were ahead of me. I could tell by appearance they were not well off, and i overheard it was the son’s birthday but they could not afford (*insert*) and especially the elephant ear the child so desperately wanted. I nervously wondered if I should buy him the elephant ear. He looked really sad, which made me more nervous that I should do something. I had an envelope with money (that’s what my mom gave me to pay for groceries) and it’s not like my family would care. 😖 I ended up doing nothing and to this day I wish I had acted differently.
But it did inform me and change me a bit, in that from that time forward, I try my best never to be in that position again. To act when I can, at the moment I can. Give when I can, when the opportunity arises. I can always replace “things”. Not moments, and never time. ☺️