I witnessed a small but meaningful event yesterday. This little old lady was in the line next to me at the check out stands in the grocery store. She had a modest amount of goods to buy, and had already been waiting for quite awhile. Much as I had been doing. A young man, rather rough looking, came up behind her with just a item or two and she told him to go on ahead of her.

This was such a small thing, but it really made me pause and think about how rushed my life, and many of those around me have become. Her small deed of kindness had a chain reaction effect. A man came to stand behind me. He had only a box of light bulbs. When I said he could go ahead he did not even look at me or acknoledge me. He just stepped up in front of me, and proceeded to check out, but I didn't care. I was not looking for recognition, just acknoledging that I need to slow down. Not get my panties in a bunch. Things are going to happen regardless if I'm running or walking at a nice pace.

It's odd how little things like that can have such an effect on a person. I wonder if the chain reaction kept on going. Did someone else do an act of kindness, because of my actions? Or did it stop there?