What’s Gone Well Today? ®
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We needed to get a mini fridge for our family room for our house guests. A friend said he had an old one outside his house. I picked it up but we never got it working properly. On London Drugs website I found a sale but it said there were none in stock in stores in Victoria. I phoned our local store and in fact they had a couple. When I went to pick it up I was able to give them the dead one for recycling.
The sales associate was thoughtful with each of his customers. I asked how the company rewarded him for his excellent customer service. ” They keep me here.” ( He’s been with them for 26 years.)
Hosted a games/ singing and conversation evening with a day’s notice. It was a very different mix with a neighbour and her friend coming who are still learning English. I learned a lot about dynamics, the challenge of learning ‘on the street’ without feeing foolish. A ‘family’ of 3 came 35 minutes early but in a way it was excellent timing as it gave us a unique time to share a few ideas, and go over the game. All in all, a surprising and valuable experience on a number of levels.
The next night we ran it with another group of folks. This time a friend included a fellow from Cameroon. Very interesting response to my question,” What could Africa teach North America?”
Tidying up loose ends
A partner on a project received a cheque from the bank for an overcharge by the bank in Dec 2013. She had taken the cheque to a number of its branches but no one was able to cash it for her. I phoned the bank, left a voice mail, the bank office phoned me back in an hour or so, and told me what to do. I emailed them a picture of the cheque and the bank officer emailed me to say bring the cheque in when she’s in the bank and she’ll give us the cash.
Thought of you today as I journeyed on the route 50 bus. Between Langford Ex. and Goldstream Village I shared life stories with a lovely old gal in pink. After she got off, I dashed upstairs on this double decker and was richly rewarded with a view of 2 handsome stags resting in the golf course grounds. And then a heron at 6 mile. And a pair of exuberant teenaged girls sharing their conversation for all to hear. I’m certain you would have found this trip thoroughly enjoyable!
Where the morning looked gray I turned the corner and there was a wonderful sunrise on the clouds – beautiful outstanding show there, just for me and anyone else who looked, who was open, who was there, anew. It was the beginning of an inspired UVic walk.
Impelled from the nudge that came to me the previous day: ‘Get your stuff together’, these ideas came to me on this walk Travel light: Not letting things or ideas or responsibilities pile up’; paying attention to what’s going on around me; process what’s on my desk; see yourself as a gift to the day (saw a girl with a wonderful scarf) and carry/ present yourself that way; lessons from completing the square in algebra: what do I need to do , what new thought do I use to find completeness here; saw a sign in the basement of a building “A place of refuge…”( find, establish that place of peace in the day, in myself; check your ID- be clear about your true identity.
Moving past the initial response for the deeper story
7:45 on a dark, damp morning at UVic. A fellow with handbag and old school fedora walks silently ahead of me. My question, ” What is your responsibility here? drew a first response of ‘take care of the microphones.” Staying with him it turns out he’s a librarian, been with UVic for 43 years and is retiring in March. He grew up here, saw the university being built, was a student, got a part time job in the library, took all the formal degrees and has enjoyed the ride…
All of this from a silence that a was broken between strangers..