“Merry Xmas from a fellow patron!”
Today is my birthday. Events from this weekend (a traumatic visit to the ER, Zoe, Jed and Lucy all having the stomach flu, no sleep, etc) had me coming into it with low expectations. This morning we decided to go out for breakfast. After we finished our meal and asked for our check the waiter said our meal had already been paid for. We sat there a little confused and told the waiter there must be a misunderstanding. The waiter then explained to us that people from another table had paid for our meal, and he gave us this:
Wow! If that doesn’t put you in the holiday spirit, what does? Feeling inspired, we picked someone else in the restaurant and paid for their meal. I wonder if they were inspired and paid for someone else’s meal, too!
The whole experience made my day!
My hope for this holiday season – that everyone who reads this post does an anonymous act of kindness for someone else this month. Pay for someone else’s meal next time you are at a restaurant, the drive-through, or even Starbucks. Or do something else that will lift someone else’s spirits! Please leave a comment about your experience and, hopefully, in a few weeks this post will have a bunch of great stories of spreading Christmas cheer!
December 2nd, 2008 at 4:41 am
Chelsey, I loved the story. Speaking of doing something nice for someone else, Amber surprised me this morning with a trip to Disneyland. She has been planning everything out for me so I don’t have to do any last minute calling or even homework (you should have seen how she got me to do my homework early). I hope you have a great December!