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Across the Fence:  What have you done lately to make a stranger smile  |
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Diane B Carter
True Blue Farmgirl
1270 Posts
Diane
Blasdell
N.Y.
USA
1270 Posts |
 Posted - Dec 20 2009 : 09:26:47 AM
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Someone placed a feel good moment about going through McDonalds and giving the girl at the drive through her gloves so he girl's hands would be warmer. I just replyed I give my cart to the next person at Aldi's so they don't have put a quarter in to get a cart out(you always get the quarter back) I just tell them to pass it on and perple are happy and say they will. Sooooooo I was just wondering what do you do that makes you and someone else have a warm fuzzy moment?
Hope all your days are Sunnydays.
dianebcarterhotmailcom.blogspot.com |
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khartquilt
True Blue Farmgirl
1176 Posts
USA
1176 Posts |
Posted - Dec 20 2009 : 11:25:27 AM
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I was given a gift card for a food store I do not normally go to because it is so far from my house. Last week I went shopping. I picked up everything I needed. At the register I found I still had about $15.00 credit on the card. The women behind me was trying her best to add things up in her head and putting a few things to the side she did not think she had enought cash for. So, I gave her my gift card. She was a little taken back for a moment. I wished her a Merry Christmas and walked away.
As I was pulling out of my parking spot, she waved me to stop. She thanked me and wished me a Merry Christmas too.
...Warm and fuzzy...
Kathy H
Farmgirl Sister #81
"To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world..." (anomymous)
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13646 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13646 Posts |
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Diane B Carter
True Blue Farmgirl
1270 Posts
Diane
Blasdell
N.Y.
USA
1270 Posts |
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Mother Hen
True Blue Farmgirl
604 Posts
Cindy
Peck
ID
USA
604 Posts |
Posted - Dec 20 2009 : 3:16:59 PM
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The one little thing I try to make sure to do very often is compliment strangers out in public. Usually it stops them cold, then brings a smile to their face. I love to make other people feel good, it's a win/win blessing!!
Cindy
FARMGIRLS CAN DO ANYTHING!!!
I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. Psalms 34:1 |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
13055 Posts |
Posted - Dec 20 2009 : 3:58:13 PM
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I was going to the grocery store and saw this elderly man hauling out his large and heavy trash can. I stopped the car, and wheeled his trash can to the road for him. He was very appreciative. It sure made me feel good.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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gramadinah
True Blue Farmgirl
3557 Posts
Diana
Orofino
ID
USA
3557 Posts |
Posted - Dec 20 2009 : 5:45:50 PM
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Cindy glad to see you on here again. I like to bake and really don't need to eat it all so I took a plate to the gals at the bank I go too it made me feel good on two counts I love to bake and then give it to people who like to eat.
Merry Christmas
Diana
Farmgirl Sister #273 |
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Faransgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
895 Posts
Beth
Houston
Texas
USA
895 Posts |
Posted - Dec 20 2009 : 7:08:21 PM
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I went into Blockbuster to return some movies early one morning. It was freezing in there and there was only one woman working. I mentioned how cold it was and she said the heat wasn't turned on yet and she had forgotten to bring a sweater or coat. She had on a short sleeved t-shirt. I didn't have on either as I was just planning to run in so I went down to the other end of the strip center and bought her a large cup of hot chocolate. At least she could keep her hands warm. She was so surprised she almost didn't take it.
Farmgirl Sister 572
May the force of the horse be with you. |
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4HMom
True Blue Farmgirl
720 Posts
Kelly
Montana
720 Posts |
Posted - Dec 20 2009 : 7:17:33 PM
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I was in line for a latte yesterday (a rare treat for me) and I gave the gal a $10 and told her to use the change to buy a latte for the person behind me. She asked if I knew them, and I said no, Merry Christmas....then I put a couple bucks in her tip jar too. I hope that gal behind me smiled :)
"Be the change you want to see in the world" -Gandhi |
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magnoliakathy
True Blue Farmgirl
453 Posts
Kathryn
Magnolia
Texas
USA
453 Posts |
Posted - Dec 21 2009 : 06:04:16 AM
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Last Friday, the gal working the window at McDonald's remarked "I wish I had gloves" when I handed her my money in my gloved hand. So I took mine off and gave them to her. I was on my way to work and wouldn't need them until the afternoon, but she was just starting her shift and her poor hands were already white. She said really and I said sure you need them more than I do. She waved them to her coworker and said look I have gloves. Made me smile all the way to work.
When you free your mind your heart can fly. Farmgirl # 714, |
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Hosanna
True Blue Farmgirl
466 Posts
Hosanna
Alton
Virginia
466 Posts |
Posted - Dec 21 2009 : 07:11:59 AM
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I had to call my payroll company to find out about my faxed timesheets for my job. The woman I spoke with sounded irritated and short; like it was such a bother to answer my simple questions. It was hard for me to understand her also, as I think I was on speaker phone and I had to ask her to repeat a few things. I suppose I could have been annoyed with her for being annoyed with me, instead I was cheerful and when I was done, I said thank you and Merry Christmas. She paused and suddenly said "Merry Christmas to you also!" and she sounded shocked and happy at the same time. Maybe she had dealt with grouchy folks all day and that is why she was so short.
There is a scripture in Proverbs I believe that says something like "A gentle answer turns away wrath...." How true. It is amazing what a simple smile, or a "Merry Christmas" will do!~
www.happilyeverafterhosanna.blogspot.com
www.thewindofheaven.blogspot.com
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
6784 Posts
Hannah
Washington
USA
6784 Posts |
Posted - Dec 21 2009 : 08:15:36 AM
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Ladies, it is people like you who make this world a little better! Thank you all for sharing!
Mine are just little things like smiling as someone, opening a door for them, wishing them a Merry Christmas, just littling things like that. I cannot buy them a cup of coffee but I can make them smilie!!!! Merry Christmas to you all!!!
Hugs,
Channah
If you can dream it, and if you are willing to put forth the work and effort, you can have anything you envision. |
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Diane B Carter
True Blue Farmgirl
1270 Posts
Diane
Blasdell
N.Y.
USA
1270 Posts |
Posted - Dec 21 2009 : 08:29:32 AM
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Those are all great..But sometimes it backfires last summer I was comming home and was waiting for traffic to move which I never before had to wait before but that time I did and I looked over and a guy was laying on the ground under his car waving maddley so I pulled over nd he told me the jack slipped and his finger was stuck between the jack and the car and he could not free himself. So I flagged over another car and they helped me lift the car the 1/2 inch needed to free the guy. Then he said he was ok and walked toward his house so the other guy and I left. Later that day I was telling my girlfriend what happened and she said oh that guy is no good he's a pedophile. It's a good thing I didn't know that before because then I would of have to think should I help or not, I'm sure I still would of but it took the happy, warm feeling away. Maybe not the guy asked me if he could do anything for me and I said just be nice to everyone and he nodded yes.
Hope all your days are Sunnydays.
dianebcarterhotmailcom.blogspot.com |
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
6784 Posts
Hannah
Washington
USA
6784 Posts |
Posted - Dec 21 2009 : 09:11:07 AM
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Oh and sending stuff to people just because!!
Hugs,
Channah
If you can dream it, and if you are willing to put forth the work and effort, you can have anything you envision. |
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herblady55
True Blue Farmgirl
3470 Posts
Judy
Louisville
Ohio(Stark Co)
USA
3470 Posts |
Posted - Dec 21 2009 : 10:52:53 AM
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I told an elderly lady that her sweater was so pretty and bright. You should have seen her face light up. It made us both feel good. And my DH was given 4 gallons of gas free from a fellow customer the other day.She just said, "MerryChristmas!" Can you believe that.
Judy
Hugs&Squeezles!
I am not contained between my hat and my boots! -Walt Whitman- |
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
6784 Posts
Hannah
Washington
USA
6784 Posts |
Posted - Dec 21 2009 : 5:05:17 PM
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That's so neat Judy!!!
Hugs,
Channah
If you can dream it, and if you are willing to put forth the work and effort, you can have anything you envision. |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Dec 22 2009 : 4:04:27 PM
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| I give big cheesy grins to the checkout people, thank them, look them in the eye and wish them a good day too |
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tribalcime
True Blue Farmgirl
2963 Posts
lisa
lexington
ky
USA
2963 Posts |
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bohemiangel
True Blue Farmgirl
2087 Posts
Bridget
Ligonier
pa
USA
2087 Posts |
Posted - Dec 23 2009 : 11:41:00 AM
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I've been hunting down the little old man that shovels and salts walkways...he isn't all there in the head and works so hard out in the freezing cold. I've bought him things in the past and so it's my mission to get him food and coffee when I see him working this winter. :) There's just something about him.
**~~Farmgirl Sister #60~~**
"... to thine ownself be true."
http://liggybitsandpieces.blogspot.com/
http://ligonierliving.blogspot.com/
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