Today while My wife Susan and her Sister Eileen and I were eating breakfast in Santee SC. Susan noticed a man in the rear of the restaurant eating alone. There was just something about him that would not let Susan go. We could tell that there was some type of sadness about him. As we ate and continued our conversation Susan just got up and went over to his table and introduced herself. She sat down and had a nice conversation with him. As I was watching from across the room I could tell he was feeling better, it seemed that his smile had come back just a bit.
When Susan came back to the table she told us that he said that his wife had just died not too long ago and he was having a great deal of trouble with the loneliness and the heartbreak of losing her. Susan gave some very kind words of encouragement. It did seem to help him.
Think about this for a moment...How many times in our busy life do we just blast past someone in need of a smile or a kind word??? I would ask that we all slow down just a bit and look around us...pay attention to that small still voice that says.."be nice".
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