Well this is how it goes....I was taking Gina to the Choral Celebration tonight. I needed to park and thinking that it would only be a couple bucks for the time I needed, I only took a little bit of change with me. Well, lo and behold the parking was $6. (I was not the only one that misjudged what parking would be....there were a few scrambling at the ticket maching) Anyhow, as I was trying to figure out what to do...this lovely lady suggested to use a credit card, but I only had debit. I then asked her if she happened to have change for a $20 bill. She went and looked in her van and came back with $6. That was all she had and was giving it to me and did not want anything for it...I was so amazed, and thankful and well so many emotions...
All she said when I tried to find a way to repay her is "I know you will help someone someday"
I love that....
Pay it forward or what...
I will pay the world back....but where? Who do I help? Do I wait for just the right moment and know that the time is now...or do I go out and plant that $6 where I think someone could use it?
I know it is only $6 and I would have helped someone out if that was me in her shoes...but this truly came across my path for a reason. Maybe I will know the good it does for others, maybe I will just have to use my imagination if I leave it somewhere and walk away, or maybe it was a promise she needed to keep for something good someone had done for her.
Today, I spent the day at a motivational event and spent much more than $6 but I learned more and was inspired more in those few moments that that lady shared with me in the parking lot than I did all day with the highpriced motivational speakers....
I think our motivation needs to come from those around us...not the stage and the bright lights and loud music.
Thank You Lady in the Parking Lot!! Thank you for giving me much more than $6, thanks for giving me inspiration to do good!
God Bless you!!
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
My Picture My Life.....
Well, Good Morning everyone!!! I thought I would try blogging....didn't really know what it was until just recently but, has that ever stopped me before?
I truly do not think that what I do is of any interest to anyone out there as I find others have much more interesting lives than I, but for some reason I seem to see things differently than many others I know. Maybe that is why they think my life is so exciting!!! Well atleast not boring!
So let's get this show on the road!
Hi, My name is Leslie....started out Morden, then Lone and now proud to say Wilson! I have three wonderful children....I said wonderful not perfect, there is a difference! I love the life I have right now! I feel very safe and secure and I feel as though I am right where I am supposed to be!
My life has not always been so! I have had many ups and downs and twists and turns and many things that go bump in the night, but somehow luckily I survived!
I grew up in small town Manitoba. Three hours from where I am today, but much more than that, about 5000 mistakes, some bigger than others, most I have learned from and some I just want to forget about ( and have most days )
This blog is not to blame others or make them feel bad or to make myself feel bad...it is about sharing my thoughts, examining who I am and who I want to be.
I feel our lives are one big puzzle, and as we go through life we pick up peices along the way to make the big picture...but it is not just about making the big picture, it is about what we do with that picture. Do we hang it for all to see and hopefully learn from us, or to understand us and hopefully appreciate who we are today? or Do we just keep the picture for ourselves and never let anyone know what it is that we learned and how beautiful our pictures really are? Does any of this make sense to anyone?
There are some pictures in my life I wish I could have seen and now I feel sad and angry? I feel those pictures would make my picture that much more valuable and important and even make my picture make more sense.
On that note...note to self...show others (those you love) your picture, even it is hard to do it is so important so that they can learn more about themselves and more importantly YOU!!!
To conclude, I think last nights episode of "Brothers and Sisters" sort of sums it up when Nora, the mother is talking to Justin, her son, about his relationship. He is worried about Rebecca, his girlfriend, not liking all of the parts of him, good and bad. Nora tells Justin that you can't pick and chose what parts you show the people you care about otherwise you are keeping them out, we need to let those people in....HOW? by showing them all of the parts....
Easier said than done....
I truly do not think that what I do is of any interest to anyone out there as I find others have much more interesting lives than I, but for some reason I seem to see things differently than many others I know. Maybe that is why they think my life is so exciting!!! Well atleast not boring!
So let's get this show on the road!
Hi, My name is Leslie....started out Morden, then Lone and now proud to say Wilson! I have three wonderful children....I said wonderful not perfect, there is a difference! I love the life I have right now! I feel very safe and secure and I feel as though I am right where I am supposed to be!
My life has not always been so! I have had many ups and downs and twists and turns and many things that go bump in the night, but somehow luckily I survived!
I grew up in small town Manitoba. Three hours from where I am today, but much more than that, about 5000 mistakes, some bigger than others, most I have learned from and some I just want to forget about ( and have most days )
This blog is not to blame others or make them feel bad or to make myself feel bad...it is about sharing my thoughts, examining who I am and who I want to be.
I feel our lives are one big puzzle, and as we go through life we pick up peices along the way to make the big picture...but it is not just about making the big picture, it is about what we do with that picture. Do we hang it for all to see and hopefully learn from us, or to understand us and hopefully appreciate who we are today? or Do we just keep the picture for ourselves and never let anyone know what it is that we learned and how beautiful our pictures really are? Does any of this make sense to anyone?
There are some pictures in my life I wish I could have seen and now I feel sad and angry? I feel those pictures would make my picture that much more valuable and important and even make my picture make more sense.
On that note...note to self...show others (those you love) your picture, even it is hard to do it is so important so that they can learn more about themselves and more importantly YOU!!!
To conclude, I think last nights episode of "Brothers and Sisters" sort of sums it up when Nora, the mother is talking to Justin, her son, about his relationship. He is worried about Rebecca, his girlfriend, not liking all of the parts of him, good and bad. Nora tells Justin that you can't pick and chose what parts you show the people you care about otherwise you are keeping them out, we need to let those people in....HOW? by showing them all of the parts....
Easier said than done....
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