Regift the good stuff

You just never know when the next wonderful experience is going to be, so put a smile on your face, as if that next wonderful thing is about to happen any given second. You wouldn't want to greet your wonderful experience with a look of stress or worry on your face, would you?

There's a saying that goes something like this, Some friends come and go like a flash, some friends are in your life for a season, some for a reason and some are for a lifetime. I want to greet every one of those friends with a smile.

I very briefly met a woman the other day on a walk to the beach with Keri and Waffles, our golden retriever. The woman was walking towards us and fell in love with Waffles immediately, but who wouldn't.


When I introduced him to her she got a big'ol smile on her face. Then after a slight pause she commented on how wonderful his name was, she said his name again "Waffles" and said, "you can't even say his name without smiling,...Waffles. See? Say it,...Waffles" It was kinda like Waffles was her dog and she was explaining to us how pleased she was with the name she decided to give him.

She thanked us for stopping and letting her pet our sweet boy. As we parted ways I said, "Have a wonderful day". She spun around to respond and said, "Have a lifetime of them".

I am so glad I was smiling when she was approaching us. I thought that chance meeting was completely delightful and I decided in that moment that I was going to regift that experience to someone else.

In the next day or so, Keri, Waffles and I walked down to the coffee shop right around the corner to get some coffee before walking down to the beach. Here's my chance I thought. As we were leaving the clerk said, "Have a wonderful day" and I spun around and said, "Have a lifetime of them", it felt so good.

Then in perfect Keri form as we were walking away from the coffee shop, Keri said, "you stole that from that crazy lady".

Crazy lady or friend for a minute?