The power to leave people and places in a better condition than you found them

Dear readers,

I have heard the saying "leave every place better than you found it" many times over, but yesterday evening it hit home for the first time.

I bought some milk from the supermarket on the way home from work and asked the sales assistant for cashback with my transaction.

When the receipt printed, he handed me a pen and asked me to initial the receipt next to the cashback. As I duly obliged, I realised that the pen was purple.

I jokingly asked the gentleman why he had a purple coloured pen. He laughed and told me that it was not his. He had borrowed it from his female colleague working next to him. I smiled and walked away with my milk.

As I was walking away, I heard him laughing with his colleague about the purple pen and that is when it hit home.

I had unwittingly left that person in a better conditions than I found him. I found him smiling and left him laughing.

This left me feeling really warm and fuzzy inside and keen to experience the same feeling again.

We all have ups and downs, but making a point to regularly make others happy even if only fleetingly are the moments that make the world a special place to live.

I wanted to share this experience because perhaps it might inspire others to actively try and leave places and people in a better condition than they found it.

Peace