Blue Happy Living

So many things to do with so few hours in our day. I’m up early to get it all done and still my list of things to do isn’t finished when I lay my head on my pillow at day’s end. I pass so many people in my day as I work. The renewed look I have on life makes me think of those people I pass day in and day out. What if tomorrow I couldn’t talk, hear or what if I passed away? What if today is the last day I had to communicate with them?

We pass so many people on  a daily basis; some of those people we know while  most we’ve never met.  We never even make eye contact with most of these people.  How sad are we that we don’t take the time to ask people how they are then stop and really hear the answer.  I recently heard a lady ask a customer at Kroger how are you, the other lady said “Hello, where is the sea salt?” She never even responded to the lady’s question.  We just get so tied up in what we need to do, where we need to be, and getting more and more done each day we forget to see who is in front of us.  Think about those days that you had something really hard in your life going on.  You go about your business as if you are fine.  No one asks how you are, no one asks is there anything I can do for you.  Remember how you felt and how hard it was to keep the front going.  Well there are so many people in that boat every day. Sometimes most of us don’t really want to talk about what is going on but to have someone care enough to look straight into your eyes with a “hello” that is golden.

I’m not saying you should spend your day solving the world problems.  Just give the person in front of you the time of day at that moment.  Smile with your mouth and your eyes.  Giving someone a moment of your day can make the world of difference to them and you will find that it changes you, too.  It’s hard when you have so many things to do and so many miles to cover in a day.  If for one moment you could just stop and take a breath you would find that you have that time to smile and really hear what people are saying.

All of this came to my attention when I recently checked out at a store.  When I got to the car I realized I never even looked at the check out person, never said hello or thank you.  I was in such a rush to get home and get things ready for the next day. I really got upset with myself,  what must that poor person be thinking.  I’m sure it was not a pleasant moment of thoughts.

I’ve decided to make a difference in those around me by really giving them the attention they deserve as a human.  I want to be treated like what I have to say matters.  So if I want that I need to give that to others.  When I check out I’m going to make sure that I try to look at their name tag and call them by name.  When I speak to people at school or elsewhere I’m going to try to look them in the eyes and really hear what they have to say.  It really is a small thing to do but shows so much care and love.  We are a world of less and less person to person contact.  I’m going to bring it back in my walk of life so that I know each day when I rest my head I made a difference in someone’s day and maybe I can bring a little Blue Happy to others.