Front Register Needs Assistance

One of the best tools you can use to life coach for yourself is to ask one question. "Why?"  Why is this lady taking forever to get through the line at the check-out?  I mean, she is really slowing this line down. I understand she is an elderly woman. The look of her appears to be around early eighties. Today who can tell?  She was cute as a button though.  Her pink cheeks and short gray hair with a white sweater, made you just want to give her a hug. "You may be cute grandma but, your backing up the line!" I was not mad. However, I was not lets say...umm...happy...

As I stood there watching the cashier try to help this gal scan her debit card, I was patient. The elderly man in front of me that appeared to be in his early seventies.His baggy blue jeans were held up by a belt and his plaid shirt with tints of blue made is eyes sparkle, he was too was patient. The more the cashier tried, the slower it got!  How hard is this? Scan the card, sign and go... I looked at the clock on my cell phone and I have to admit made a sigh.~ I was getting late for where I needed to be! There was only one other checkout open and the express lane. I had too many items for the express lane. I looked up at the elderly woman again to see if she was done. After I had been passing the time trying to look at the magazines on display, they were finally finishing her up and we were MOVING!  Sweet!  I was happy again to keep moving on with what I had to do. Then the elderly woman did something that only could knock you back into that pile of (make ya feel like crap goo) feeling, by doing something that I knew I was gonna get it! I knew it was coming. She was looking right at us all standing there. She knew it was taking a long time. And then she did it!..


She looked up at all of us behind her and said; "Thank you for being patient."  She had to go there. She had to be a sweet soul. Now I feel like doo-doo. Thanks lady. Now there is officially "Crap" in the store. If you listen closely, you can hear them say " Clean up, Register 1, Crap in the line!" Don't get me wrong. It wasn't that mass pandemonium was breaking out because she was taking a lot longer in line but, it was one of those times that things were just not going like they usually do. There is a rhythm that we get used to in life. When it gets bounced out of our normalcy we can find irritation in the small things. It felt like a whole day was passing! OK, maybe not that bad. She got us though! The little old gal won the award on human spirit in that moment. Even someone that is one of the most optimistic people you could ever meet, a real nice soul, such as myself, does get frustrated over little stuff like everyone else out there sometimes...

This is one of those times that it could have been you up there holding that line up. There could be someone behind you that has somewhere more critical to be than you did. In the end... It was no big deal! The earth wasn't devastated. We were alive! How could I get frustrated over something so little and silly? Because I am human, that's why. However, how I handle this next will attach itself to the structure of who I am and want to be in life...

Thinking about things a little deeper can help your reflection of the whole situation. Because I had some reflection on my situation at the store, I will make sure to think about how bad they feel up there ahead. Being in the front of the line that is taking for-ev-er...

"Now run! Be free! Do what you need to do today! And if your feelin up to it...smile at a senior citizen today! Do something for them. Take their trash out, cut their grass, anything (big or small). They were you at one time. Everyone has a story inside them. Remember to respect their novel of life and appreciate humanity. They have more life skills to-date than you know. Respect the sweet pink cheeks of the world! God love em~"