Tuesday, 2 October 2007

Making Someone's Day

Make someone happy,
Make just one someone happy;
Make just one heart the heart you sing to.
One smile that cheers you,
One face that lights when it nears you,
One girl you're ev'rything to.

Fame if you win it,
Comes and goes in a minute.
Where's the real stuff in life to cling to?
Love is the answer,
Someone to love is the answer.
Once you've found her, build your world around her.

Make someone happy,
Make just one someone happy,
And you will be happy, too. Make Someone Happy, Jimmy Durante
On the way to the bus stop this morning I bumped into an elderly lady that lives in the neighbourhood. She is a widow who lives alone and has no kids. Even though she's often in pain, I see her out and about first thing running errands for her elderly neighbours. She even gets my mother's newspaper.

I gave her a hug. I asked her how she was feeling after her recent operation and she said a lot better. She said she was due to see her doctor shortly. She apologised for not getting me a belated birthday card as she had promised. I told her not to worry about it and thanked her for her kind thoughts. Before I left she said: "You always cheer me up, you do."

That really made my day.

I also came across the young Polish guy who cleans our neighbourhood. I told him I'd been wondering how he is. We chatted for a few minutes. My friend has such a lovely smile which brightened my day.

I have found that sometimes the quickest antidote to feeling down is to make someone else happy.

Enocia

Related articles: Love is Forever; Love Always; Immortality

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