People

Aren't people wonderful?  I love people.  I love the opportunity to interact with people and to get to know them a bit.  We all come here with our own unique gifts and challenges.  It is a pleasure to take time to visit with people.  Granted there are those that would rather not converse and who can be a bit short and not fun but I don't think that is a majority of people.  I enjoy having the opportunity to just share a pleasant conversation with someone and to smile with them.  I had my psychology professor in today with her fiance and had a few minutes to go over and talk with them.  I found out that he was in the restaurant on his birthday last week.  I asked if he got a cookie sundae on his visit.  He did not.  I then offered to make them one to help celebrate his birthday!  They were touched by this.  I was happy to do it.  They are good people and I enjoyed spending a few minutes with them.  I had another guy who was at a meeting with me this afternoon.  He was presenting some information to the lodging association.  Anyhow, he had never been to the Brick House.  I gave him a card and invited him to come in.  He brought his girlfriend in this evening.  I arrived for a school project right when they were finishing up and had the chance to talk to them.  They loved it and were so happy to have had the opportunity to come in and enjoy it.  Smiles on faces.  It was great to visit with them for a minute and to know they were happy.  People, happy people.  It is a good thing.  I don't have a lot to give in this world but I have a smile and a listening ear.  I've also got some cards that I sometimes give away for a free sandwich.  That helps put smiles on faces including my own.  Makes me feel good to see someone get excited over something simple like that.  John 4:19 comes to mind when I think about people.  Speaking about the Savior John says:  "We love him because he first loved us."  I guess we can sit back and wait for others to love us or we can be the driving force.  Sometimes that isn't an easy thing to do.  I think I will pray for greater strength to do that more consistently and honestly.