I’m Giving Away Money

I was going to proclaim here; “Someday when I have a ton of money, I am going to have so much fun giving it away.” Then I thought you know- you don’t need that much money to give it away or share with others, so I will shall proclaim instead; “Someday when I have a little more of my debt paid off and a tad bit of absolutely disposable income, I am going to have so much fun giving it away.”

I think about this a lot.

Like last week when I watched this happy looking young guy on the side of the road twisting and throwing one of those huge cardboard signs outside of a restaurant to attract customers. He looked like he was just as happy as a clam. (Now I have had a lot of very un-glamourous jobs but this one to me is one of those; UGH. Would be SOO hard for me to keep a smile on my face doing this one- kind of jobs.) I All I could think was, look at that kid?! Standing outside in the sun and sweltering heat smiling away twisting and throwing. God I’d love to just pull my car over- hand him a $100 bill and drive off. How fun would that be?

Then there was yesterday at a rest stop. There I was running in to use the restroom, grab a coffee and fill up gas along with the 47,557,259,021 people on the road. As in most typical experience, there were moms scurrying kids, men looking annoyed waiting for their girlfriends/wives/daughters outside the ladies room and lines 15 deep for an egg Mcsomthing at the fast food joints. As I was washing my hands in the ladies room- the short, smiling female attendant was standing next to me scrambling to refill paper towels and soaps. Every time someone mindlessly tossed a paper towel near not in the trash- she just kept picking them up smiling and whistling away doing her job. She didn’t looked phased one bit. I just thought- unbelievable. The scene was so typical and happens every single time I am at one of those rest stops. For whatever reason yesterday I just stopped dead in my tracks for a minute watching shaking my head. I finally got this woman’s attention and told her thank you very much and I hope she had a great day.

I thought; God it’s going to be fun someday when I can hand people like her a $100 bill, say thank you and just walk away smiling. 

I cannot wait to start doing this.

Thank you to all the people out there who bust your butts to keep our belly’s filled, bathrooms clean or do any job that might totally suck, while choosing to wear a smile, even when you don’t have to. You make me want to be a better person. I hope you know there really are other people out there who completely respect you, notice the good job you’re doing, and feel lucky to have you as part of our day.