Saturday, March 16, 2013

Give and Receive...Pay It Forward


Kindness of strangers transforming moment from last night: 

After a long day of errands (Sedona, Camp Verde, Cottonwood, Cornville), I was ‘one of the many’ standing in line to cash-out at Safeway.  I noticed the woman in front of me had two Synergy Raw Organic Kombucha drinks amongst her items, so I leaned over and asked where she had found them (Raw Kombucha in Safeway? Yes, in the refrigerated section by the organic produce!).  I thanked her and made a note to check it out another time. 

As she was collecting her bags to leave, she reached back and handed me one of her drinks, saying ‘I have two…I want you to have this one.’  I’m so grateful to this kind woman, whose name I do not know – her gesture completely energized and lifted my spirits (and refreshed my weary body)! 

Image is of a lenticular artwork I created in 2006, called ‘Give and Receive’…and seemed apropos. 

Life is a continuous cycle of give and receive…and paying it forward. 

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