The Celebration of Small Things

[afrita]

Last night I was speeding home along the beach. I was late for American Idol and I did not want to miss more of it. As I walked, I saw a guy writing in the sand, which is pretty usual. A woman with him holding a camera walked toward me, and I muttered to myself that I did not want to take their photo. She began by asking me, in a heavy Russian accent, if I was in a hurry. I said yes, but that I could take one photo. She said she would appreciate it, because she had just been proposed to.

Full stop. In the scheme of things, is American Idol THAT important? This couple from Russia just got engaged and somehow, I was the first person in the world that happened past them and they told.

I put down my bag, received instruction from the guy in how to use his camera, and took about ten photos of them.

Could anything have been nicer? A beachside reminder to stop and smell the roses, even when they are other people's roses.

afrita

[Velvet]

Oh nice afrita! I was just reading a book to the students....Stones In Water, about a young boy in a work camp, during the Holocaust. It has really got them all thinking about those little daily complaints that they have.
Yes it is good to stop and appreciate the things we have in life and in your beach case...what others have and allow you to share in.

[Peggy Power]

Good reminder, Afrita. And GOOD FOR YOU!

[indigo]

Afrita you made three people happy the couple and yourself just what small acts of kindness do. How lovely.

[Chy]

Oh I don't know American Idol is pretty darn important.

Just kidding! That's so very sweet... to think they will never know during their marital bliss the woman behind the camera that took their very first engagement photo's.

Karma...

[cody]

Very cool afrita...thanks for the reminder!

[Autumn]

I'll tell you what Afrita - in the grand scheme of things, what you did made a huge amount of difference in that couple's happiness, and the happiness of the people they met after that.... just like ripples in a pond.

In fact, your story lifted my spirits so much, that when I go to WalMart, I'm going to be extra nice to every grouchy face I see and it's all because of you.

Thanks for sharing.