Good Deeds
I'm spending another year and holidays through emails with a mil unit
they're awesome!Great thread topic.
I do a lot of service on a regular basis. I don't consider that "good deeds" though.
But I actually did one just today (as it so happens).
It was pouring rain this morning. I looked out and saw what looked like a purse in the street in front of my house. And a lot of papers.
Turned out to be a canvas tote bag.
Could not figure out what happened -- fell out of someone's window, off the top of their roof, or what.
I gathered up the papers/files as best I could. They were wet and floppy. Some were shredded.
Hoping that something inside one of the files would give a clue to the owner.
Sure enough. Copies of emails revealed the tote belonged to a local Realtor.
And here's the weird karma part...
She also had a printed flyer with a list of people she recommends to her clients. Tilers, painters, dog sitters, etc.
And one fiduciary.
Yep. The same fiduciary who Hubby and I had to take to court to remove her from our family trust and try to stop her from putting my mother-in-law in a home and stealing what was left of her money.
I admit. When I saw this woman's name I very briefly considered tossing the whole mess back in the street.
But then I remembered a reading I'd just received this week on FORGIVENESS.
And so, I contacted the Realtor.
Her husband came and got the bag.
Turns out their SUV was broken into while they were at Jazzercise this morning.
The car had to be towed but luckily the perps didn't take or harm their dog.
And my side of the street remains clean -- literally and more important, spirtually.
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