It's been another one of those days when I realize how absolutely magnificent and strange life is.
I went into work hoping for the best, but expecting the worst. Instead of being confronted by difficult customers, I was able to see and interact with truly phenomenal individuals.
There is this one man whose wife recently passed away. It was my first time seeing him since it happened, and it was a heartbreaking experience. He still wears his wedding band. He paid for the meal of a young mother who was in the restaurant with her son, who was around 6 years old, and was handicapped. This mother was so patient and loving to her son, even though I know on a daily basis she is fighting a battle that takes an unimaginable amount of strength. It absolutely touched my heart.
I had another customer pay for the meal of two police officers. It's the second or third time she has done it, and she always insists that I not tell the officers who did it.
In the midst of a world that is falling apart and is inhabited by so many corrupt and mean individuals, there are still those who find joy in simply brightening someone else's day.
Things like that make me realize that no matter what I am going through, whether it be physical anguish or anxiety, that everything is going to be okay.
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