I've spoken before, i know about how the smallest things can turn our day around, make an ordinary, ho-hum kind of day seem really kind of special. It's raining again today, I've lost track, but I think we're past a week of pretty much non-stop grey skies and wet. Don't get me wrong, I like rain well enough, but I'm a prairie girl, born and bred. Give me a (single ) rainy day I'm good, I love the awesome sight & sound of a thunderstorm, am delighted by a sudden sun shower in summer, but these endless, dreary coastal days you can keep. So, I crawled out of bed this morning, cold, regretting storing away my electric blanket already, craving a hot cup of coffee (bad day to finally decide to do that fast for blood work, but time to stop stalling) and wondered when I might be able to enjoy a sunrise again, when my phone rang with a "good morning" text from a new friend. In that moment the grey was not so oppressive and I smiled as I replied.
Those few "morning coffee" texts alone would have made my day, but we exchanged a few more during coffee time at work....and I still had a secret surprise planned of my own.
The day continued on, the usual flurry of phone calls and paperwork. I had just looked at the clock to see if it was close enough to lunch time to head for the gym when another friend turned up at the office to invite me to join her for lunch. It was an offer I couldn't refuse! Good food, good company and a little girl talk? Oh yes. We talked about the trials and triumphs in our lives since we last got together, enjoyed a lovely meal and offered each other the best of having good friends; support, encouragement, and a safe place to vent a little. I walked back to the office with a new bounce in my step.
I have to say though, that little surprises are even more fun to deliver. I had decided, since I knew I'd be in the neighbourhood later, to drop off a small package of cookies with a note for a friend to discover when he got home from work....I admit, at first I wondered if he'd even remember the conversation about saving him a couple when I made them, or if the gesture would seem silly, or worse, too forward, but in the end I decided it always makes me feel good to come home and find a little surprise, so why shouldn't I share that feeling with someone else. And I don't know how he felt about it...but I know it did me good.
Several years ago there was a movement to doing random acts of kindness. Even a smile and a kind word can brighten someone's day-and help you see more of the blessings in your own life. It's quite amazing, once you start looking for them how many small delights there are in a day, and they accumulate and multiply exponentially, it seems.
What unexpected delights have you experienced lately? What unexpected delights have you caused?
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