I went through the drive-through line at Arby's earlier today, and the strangest thing happened. I pulled up to the window to pay, but they were working on my food, so I had to wait.
Out of nowhere, an older gentleman came up between my car and the store window. Needless to say, this was a bit unexpected.
"Excuse me," he said, "My wife and I just moved here from Nebraska and we saw the Cornhusker frame around your license plate. How long have y'all been here?"
I laughed at the coincidence and told him I had just moved back home from Nebraska. I didn't correct him about saying "y'all," but he probably assumed I was married.
He went on to explain that he and his wife had also recently moved back to his home state of North Carolina to care for his sick mother.
It was a nice conversation, but not the kind of conversation that happens very often these days. After saying goodbye and paying, I drove back to work thinking, That conversation would only happen between two people from North Carolina.
But the reality is that it was the kind of conversation that can only happen between two genuine people.
Everyone puts so much energy and effort into putting on a good front these days that they forget how nice it can be to just share a simple connection with someone. Yes, this man and his wife were strangers, but they had an experience to share that was oddly parallel to some of the events in my life.
By sharing their experience, they made my day a little brighter. The world was a better place. At least for a moment.
Out of nowhere, an older gentleman came up between my car and the store window. Needless to say, this was a bit unexpected.
"Excuse me," he said, "My wife and I just moved here from Nebraska and we saw the Cornhusker frame around your license plate. How long have y'all been here?"
I laughed at the coincidence and told him I had just moved back home from Nebraska. I didn't correct him about saying "y'all," but he probably assumed I was married.
He went on to explain that he and his wife had also recently moved back to his home state of North Carolina to care for his sick mother.
It was a nice conversation, but not the kind of conversation that happens very often these days. After saying goodbye and paying, I drove back to work thinking, That conversation would only happen between two people from North Carolina.
But the reality is that it was the kind of conversation that can only happen between two genuine people.
Everyone puts so much energy and effort into putting on a good front these days that they forget how nice it can be to just share a simple connection with someone. Yes, this man and his wife were strangers, but they had an experience to share that was oddly parallel to some of the events in my life.
By sharing their experience, they made my day a little brighter. The world was a better place. At least for a moment.
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