I have had a very interesting summer this year working at a farm stand in Massachusetts.
The customers have mostly been a joy to service and get to know. Occasionally there will be the needy or demanding customer or the lonely customer that just wants to buy one plant and talk.
The customers have mostly been a joy to service and get to know. Occasionally there will be the needy or demanding customer or the lonely customer that just wants to buy one plant and talk.
There has been this one particular woman who is a regular. She comes throughout the week, but it seems like she comes often when I am there. At first I thought she was very needy, a bit of a pest. And if I'm being completely honest, I feel this most on the days that I am tired or have too many things to do and feel like I can't give my full attention to customers (which I've learned to stop doing what I'm doing and give them my full attention, because that is what good customer service is and that is what it means to me to Be Fully Present). So as the months have gone on and I would see this customer, I would feel, "oh no, I don't want to deal with her again."
And then just last month, I was helping her with a big order and I got to know her better. She shared some family losses she and her family have been going through this year. And what I started to see is a really beautiful soul. The more we talked, the more I started to really like her and not see her as a pest. I am a little ashamed for feeling this in the beginning, but that is what I was honestly feeling and it's important to honor our feelings as they arise, so all I can say now is WOW, what a Gift this woman gave me. The gift of seeing that things are not truly as they appear to me, that when I set aside my feelings of being tired and annoyed, she had a lot of wisdom to share and a lot of love to give.
She came in just the other day and surprised me again with a service she provides to people. I was taken aback at how she serves others and really cares for them and I'm starting to see her in a whole different light.
So, truth be told, she was showing up as herself this whole time. Her gift to me was in allowing me to drop my judgment of her, to allow my feeling of being annoyed to soften and to really see what a wonderful person she is.
I'm sure there will be more interactions with her and I look forward to the exchange between us, because she has turned out to be an angel and I thank her for the gifts she has given me.
Thank you sweet soul and may blessings continue to be showered upon you and all those
you touch with your life.
And thank you God for helping me to see and experience this.
It feels good to soften and loosen up on my judgments of others.
Not easy at times, but so well worth it.
I hope YOU will be touched by many unexpected angels and gifts along your path
each and every day.
Blessed Be. And So it IS.
And then just last month, I was helping her with a big order and I got to know her better. She shared some family losses she and her family have been going through this year. And what I started to see is a really beautiful soul. The more we talked, the more I started to really like her and not see her as a pest. I am a little ashamed for feeling this in the beginning, but that is what I was honestly feeling and it's important to honor our feelings as they arise, so all I can say now is WOW, what a Gift this woman gave me. The gift of seeing that things are not truly as they appear to me, that when I set aside my feelings of being tired and annoyed, she had a lot of wisdom to share and a lot of love to give.
She came in just the other day and surprised me again with a service she provides to people. I was taken aback at how she serves others and really cares for them and I'm starting to see her in a whole different light.
So, truth be told, she was showing up as herself this whole time. Her gift to me was in allowing me to drop my judgment of her, to allow my feeling of being annoyed to soften and to really see what a wonderful person she is.
I'm sure there will be more interactions with her and I look forward to the exchange between us, because she has turned out to be an angel and I thank her for the gifts she has given me.
Thank you sweet soul and may blessings continue to be showered upon you and all those
you touch with your life.
And thank you God for helping me to see and experience this.
It feels good to soften and loosen up on my judgments of others.
Not easy at times, but so well worth it.
I hope YOU will be touched by many unexpected angels and gifts along your path
each and every day.
Blessed Be. And So it IS.
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