As the man opened his drink the bubbles shot out
all over the table and he quickly screwed the cap back on and began to laugh.
His beautiful companion joined in the laughter as they surveyed the mess that
had been caused by his exploding fizzy drink. They both got some tissues and
began cleaning up the mess. As the soggy tissues mounted up I offered to put
them in the bin for them, for which he thanked me.
I then became part of the clean-up operation
as they both wiped-up all the liquid from the table. Having achieved their
objective I could see that the man’s hands were sticky and offered him a ‘wet-one’,
for which he was grateful.
Once all clean and tidy they resumed eating
their lunch together. They were obviously in love and obviously found the whole
incident highly amusing.
It was a joy for me to witness this tender moment
and an even greater joy to be of service to them.
Other opportunities I had to serve people
this week included:
8 x Gave cash to a charity
1 x Gave a big smile and a hello to a
stranger
78 x Proactively ‘gave-way’
to another driver1 x Replaced store’s merchandise that had fallen off the display
3 x Picked up rubbish in the neighbourhood
6
x Wrote a letter of appreciation to someone
3 x Voluntary work within the
Community 4 x Held the door open for someone
1 x Helped someone pick-up some broken glass they had dropped.
4 x Proactively ‘gave-way’ to a pedestrian
2 x Did some DIY for someone in need
4 x Voluntary work for Ipsos Access Panels
1 x Gave cash to a Big Issue seller
2 x Gave my place in a queue
to someone
1
x Gave cash to a street beggar
1 x Replaced store’s
merchandise that had fallen off the display1 x Treated a friend to lunch
1 x Gave someone a written job reference
1 x Put neighbours bin back after the bin men had been
Sub
total: 123
Running total: 1551Target: 3000+ in 12 months
Commenced 30th November 2011
Motivation for ‘’My Ten-a-day’
One day a man was walking along the beach
when he noticed a boy picking something up and gently throwing it into the
ocean.
Approaching the boy, he asked, “What are you
doing?”
The youth replied, “Throwing starfish back
into the ocean. The surf is up and the tide is going out. If I don’t throw them
back, they’ll die.”
“Son,” the man said, “don’t you realize there
are miles and miles of beach and hundreds of starfish? You can’t make a difference!”
After listening politely, the boy bent down,
picked up another starfish, and threw it back into the surf. Then, smiling at
the man, he said, “I made a difference for that one.”
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