CELEBRATE GRATITUDE - IT IS AS RARE AS A FOUR LEAF CLOVER

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CELEBRATE GRATITUDE - IT IS AS RARE AS A FOUR-LEAF CLOVER

It was a particularly heavy snow that day and on top of what the heavens dropped gracefully upon the earth, there was the added job of removing the man-made slush thrown on top of the snow already piled high on the public sidewalk. Even with my heavy-duty two-stage snowblower, it was bogging down and I had to slow my forward advance to keep the engine running at the optimal speed.

My oldest son lives on the same side of the street that I do and only two houses lie between our lots. So my habit has been to run down the sidewalk with the snowblower engaged and clear the public walkway for the two houses in between. We have to travel that route anyway, I might as well run the blower and in most snow storms it can run at 'top speed' as I cover the distance in between our respective lots. 

On this day unknown to me, my next-door neighbor was suffering from pneumonia and she felt bad because her husband was outside, working alone to clear their sizeable driveway and she was concerned that she could not help. 

A few weeks later we had another heavy snowfall and again I ran the route down the street covering the two houses between my house and my son's house. 


This time my neighbor was out struggling to clear the extensive driveway and her husband was out of town. So I pulled in and began to blow off the middle of her driveway. She stopped me from completing it, saying, Leave me a little for the benefit of some exercise. So I left her to clear the four feet on either edge.

A little while later I received a large package, inside were beautiful boxes filled with special treats and a card thanking me for my help and letting me in on the background information behind each of these two occasions and why my help was so appreciated.

 I was amazed that they took the time and spent the money on this special thank you.  I could feel their gratitude and it made my day.



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