A few days ago a friend of mine handed me a plain white envelope. Plain, with my name written rather large on the front in printed font. I took a moment to admire the front of the envelope; my first thought.... " how does she consistently make even the most workaday thing look elegant?" My second.....it must be an assignment I missed or something I dropped when I left class. When I looked up at her puzzled, she smiled excitedly.
Oh, a surprise!!! I love surprises!
I opened the envelope and
out poured a ton of friendship.
( I couldn't even look up at first. I was so overwhelmed by the kindness and concern streaming like giant sun beams out of that little package, I kind of short circuited for a moment.)
I looked around the small classroom and tried to meet the eye of all those whose names were written inside. I met most and gave a little nod and mouthed thank you before class started.
But,
inside I was thinking about kindness and thoughtfulness and friendship and how lucky I am that I always tend to run into the very best people doing the very best things and, above all that I am blessed.
(I was also thinking, I must look totally awkward because my face was trying to convey all these emotions at once and may have looked a bit contorted.)
Last year I wrote a blog entry about the power of being seen. Wednesday night I got to relearn that lesson.
Luckie, luckie me.
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