“When you carry out acts of kindness you get a wonderful
feeling inside. It is as though something inside your body responds and says,
“Yes, this is how I ought to feel!” Harold Kushner
When I was in high school, my group of friends liked to
eat at Steak n Shake! It would not be my first choice when eating out,
but I do like their food and milkshakes! At the end of every meal though, I
would put a quarter into a gumball machine at the front of the store and enjoy
a Seedling gumball! Seedling gumballs come in assorted fruit shapes and flavors
such as apple, orange, lemon, strawberry, grape and watermelon! My favorite was
strawberry and watermelon! Inside each
seedling gumball was candy seeds which reminded me of nerds candy! I still remember that I would chew
off half of the gumball then dump the candy seeds into my mouth before eating
the other half of the gumball! They were delicious until they lost their flavor...which was not long!
Years later, can you believe that one of my husband’s
favorite restaurants is Steak n Shake?! The first time we ate at the Steak n
Shake in our city, I looked at the gumball machines while my husband was
paying. I was saddened to see no Seedling gumballs! I still put a quarter in a
machine and had a gumball though...it is basically tradition!
*The act of kindness this week…show kindness by
intentionally leaving quarters in a 25 cent gumball/candy machine!!
*My experience with the act of kindness… I thought about
Seedling gumballs recently and so I told my husband that we needed to go to
Steak n Shake soon so that I could intentionally do my next act of kindness! He
gladly accepted! We enjoyed our dinner and then as he was paying, I used a quarter to get some candy. I then left quarters in the machines that were 25 cents.
I hope something was small as finding a quarter brightened someone's day! I know there had been several times when I did not have a quarter at the end of my meal at Steak n Shake, and I would have been so excited to find a quarter already sitting in the machine waiting to be turned!
I hope something was small as finding a quarter brightened someone's day! I know there had been several times when I did not have a quarter at the end of my meal at Steak n Shake, and I would have been so excited to find a quarter already sitting in the machine waiting to be turned!
P.s. Please comment below with your own experience with
this act of kindness! I would really enjoy hearing about it!!
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