I wasnt going to tell this story but a friend convinced me that it might help others if I did. On my birthday I was at Stage in the Estee lauder department. I had watched a woman (about our parents age) act oodly. She even engaged in my conversation with others while we were shopping. This woman was not ok. She looked like she knew how to put herself together and must have had a good life a some point. She had the latest hairstyle and had really nice clothes on but you could tell that she was on something or something was terribly wrong. I noticed that she was continously looking at me and finally came over and asked me a question about something I was wearing. I told her she could get in on line. She said these horrible words. ..my husband will not ALLOW me to get a computer. He takes my disability check. Now she has my attention. I continued my return of my product and started heading out the door. As I opened the door to leave, there she stood back at the counter looking at me so sad like. I stopped for a moment, then closed the door and headed her way. I couldnt just leave without telling her something. I would think about this woman from time to time and I would regret it if I didnt so over to her I went. I walked up to her, laid my hand on hers and said Im not sure what youre going through but I want you to know that prayer changes things and you will be in mine. SHE FREAKING BUSTED OUT IN TEARS. I asked her why she was crying and she said Ive been watching you and thinking that I wished I could be more like you. Youre so pretty, put together and you obviously do well in life. As I was thinking this you walked over and saw that I was hurting and said you would pray for me. She reached out and hugged me. As I helped her clean herself up from crying, I told her that not everything is always as it seems. I explained that we have all been lost and scared at some point. I told her that I understood the look in her eyes because I had felt it myself. She lit up like a Christmas tree when I said that. We talked for a bit as I started to walk away I reminded her that men do not get to allow us to do something and if she wants a computer, she needed to go get one. Lol I reminded her that what we tolerate becomes our standard. She said she had never thought of things like that and once again started to cry and hugged me. She began to laugh when I started laughing at her saying she was wishing she could be successful like me. I said honey, I dont even have a job. Bhahaha. We laughed and said our goodbye. My time with the troubled woman was short but Im glad I didnt walk past her. My point of telling you guys this is in hopes that you might see how many people in the world give you the opportunity to spread hope. I walked past a woman hurting but I left a woman smiling. Im not sure if anything I said will actually change her situation but all I know is for fifteen minutes that woman had hope and felt cared about. How can that not be the gift that keeps on giving? Merry Christmas my friends.
Posted on: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 16:42:17 +0000
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