What’s Gone Well Today? ®

Here’s an easy way to recognize others… and in turn change how we look at our day, and our life.

When has someone made your day with the service they’ve given, or something they’ve said or done for you? Sharing these moments may inspire others. They lift the spirit!

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Chuck

November 9, 2012

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My mom is 96 years old and suffers from severe age related dementia. She daily endures what are described by her medical care givers as paranoid delusions and frightening hallucinations which cause her to cry out from time to time. Attempts to ameliorate her symptoms have proven less than satisfying. Last week Judy and I met for the first time our family friend’s romantic partner from Jamaica. We were exchanging personal facts and life stories in the process of getting to know each other when my mother’s current state came up. He presented a spiritual take on her long life and current suffering which was totally foreign and surprising to me and clearly came from a Caribbean cultural tradition of which I am unaware. I would be presenting a false picture of the results of this interpretation of mom’s current life if I said that now I am comforted by this new insight but I can easily confess to a profound realization that it is height of arrogance for me to believe that what I imagine is happening is what is really the case. Our knowledge is so tempered by who we are and what we believe that it is always fragile and on the edge of uncertainty. That awareness is truly
transformational.
wgwt

November 7, 2012

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My thought for the day was around the harmony of being.. and not being dictated by limitations.

I was so struck by the speed, kindness and synchronicity of my experiences on BC Transit in Vancouver. Even though I was running late..I held to the idea that we have no limits, that material measures don’t define our experience. I was not going to be held back by material predictions.. harmony ruled. – in conversations, connections, smoothness, cost ( driver cut the fare in half) , communications. Each step of the way was rich.

In the afternoon…
Just called my cell phone provider for a family member whose phone is gimpy. Their front line guy said there was ‘no way’ to get around the $200 buy back cost of the handset as there’s 14 months remaining on the contract.

This idea came to me… ‘In fact, ‘no way’ is never the real answer when it comes to customer loyalty.’ I explained I understood his levels limited ability to reward loyalty. He passed me on to their loyalty department and they net cost of the contract buyout is net zero, with a great price for the replacement phone. ” No way’ is NOT an option when we are empowered by understanding and grace.
wgwt

October 25, 2012

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Took my son to Russell Books here in Victoria yesterday with his bag of books to sell. They offered him $15, but the amount of comics and books he wanted to buy came to over $20. The owner says, “no worries, enjoy them.” My son’s face lit up and he gave her a big thanks, me, I was trying to keep the tears from flowing. I thanked her as well and she smiled at me and said, “I just love to see them reading, anything to support that.” This is the 2nd time they have been extremely generous of spirit to children at Russell Books…no wonder their business is doing so well:)
wgwt

October 23, 2012

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Yesterday I was waiting in line at the store. There were two frail elders in front of me with the man supporting the woman when then walked. Both were quiet and as they approached the first station the man explained to the attendant that his wife could not fill out the form requiring name and birthdate. He offered but the attendant simply took the information from him and filled it in herself. As I entered the arena I lost track of them in the crowd and proceeded to receive my injection, however, as I took a seat to wait the suggested 15 minutes before leaving I noticed them directly in front of me. They were quiet but from time to time the man touched the woman’s hand, most times with just a light brief touch less frequently with a lingering contact. Then suddenly the woman became agitated and asked the man what he had done with the brown paper. The man explained calmly that they had received only two pieces of paper the white one with their names and birth dates on which was turned over to the nurse at the time of injection and a green receipt indicating the flu shot was given. He showed her the green receipts. She repeated her question several times and he his response. After some minutes the woman calmed and remained silent again. After about 15 minutes the man declared that it was time to leave. Once again the woman showed signs of distress stating that the nurse hadn’t told them it was alright to leave. The man gently said that his watch indicated the time to go. He then told the woman that they would go toward the door at the back and once in the hall they would go outside and to the car and thence home. The woman rose tentatively, grasped the man’s hand and the two lovers exited.
wgwt

October 17, 2012

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– attending a bluegrass concert and seeing five guys with a sparkle in their eye as they performed fantastic music. The eye contact they had between themselves was the most infectious I’ve seen in a whole group of musicians for a long time.
wgwt

October 14, 2012

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Amazed to see a gift to the community,: playground toys gifted to a community park at Gorge and Tillicum in Victoria, by a mother whose child had died. These toys were always there: safe and respected

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