Daily Blessings

I believe that every day holds small little blessings if we are willing to look for them.  Take this evening for instance.  I needed to stop at Wal-Mart on the way home from work tonight to get a backup snow shovel and another bag of sidewalk salt in preparation for our upcoming 1st major snow event of the winter.  Coming out of the store at the speed of molasses in winter was an extremely elderly couple.  They saw me coming in the lot and politely stopped before walking even though they would have been in the pedestrian right of way.  I motioned for them to continue.  Mr walked fairly well with a cane and Mrs. barely walked without assistance stopping at least twice on the way to their vehicle.  I couldn't help but watch with admiration as he would hold out is crooked, wilted hand to give her some support every time she needed to stop.  I hope that my husband and I still look out for each other in this way when we are their age. 

As I continued on my way to find a parking spot in the busy pre-storm lot, a car started to back out right in front of me next to the handicapped spots.  What kind of luck is that?!  Maybe it was coincidence, maybe it was karma.  I like to believe it was one of my little daily blessings.

Look for yours tomorrow and your day will be great for one moment.
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On another note...money saving tip for the week.  When you know that you want to go in to a big box store for only one or two items, don't even think about grabbing a cart or picking up a handheld basket.  This way you will only be able to buy what you are able and willing to carry back to the front of those big box stores.  Other than the loss prevention strategy of having someone at the front entrance to a store, the other reason is that most people will take a cart when offered and then subconsciously spend more than they intended because it's so easy to pick up spontaneous purchases and toss them into the cart.