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Worked many years at the same company, would give many folks I worked closely with dinner cards. Did the same when it was my birth day.
Than in april 2015 I got a hearth attack, was 9 weeks in the hospital and was not allowed to work anymore.
I am still waiting for the first get well card.....
It is a company that shouts about how everybody is family bla bla.....
Don't expect to much folks.....
Happens to everyone. You are not alone. Don't let it make you bitter and a Scrooge. Give without expectation. Know that even when humans are no where to be found, you are not alone.
Humans fail each other. Humans can be ungrateful, selfish, unkind. Give and love anyway. Don't be tempted to turn into the very humans you are disappointed in.
Happens to everyone. You are not alone. Don't let it make you bitter and a Scrooge. Give without expectation. Know that even when humans are no where to be found, you are not alone.
Humans fail each other. Humans can be ungrateful, selfish, unkind. Give and love anyway. Don't be tempted to turn into the very humans you are disappointed in.
This is very true. I tend to be a very nice person and I like to do good and nice things for others. In saying that I am not a pushover so if someone comes to "expect" it from me and they "never" reciprocate I will not continue to be a door mat.
I love hearing about the anonymous givers. I think that is wonderful.
This afternoon I got a text from a neighbor. She thanked me for thinking of her and her husband and leaving treats for their dogs and horses this morning. That would have been enough for me just knowing it was appreciated but on top of that she told be to go to my gate because she left perishables. I picked up a bag with a Christmas card, homemade candy and a homemade loaf bread. She also told me to come over anytime to talk gardening with her as I complimented her on her garden from the road view.
She also thanked me for being a good neighbor. Since I am very new here I still need to meet the spouses of the few neighbors I have met, lol.
I spent the afternoon with my friend who, like me, is alone on Christmas. It was going to be tomorrow but big snow is predicted and we live about 10 miles apart. I brought her some nice fruit and some goodies.
She let me do a load of laundry and gave me a lovely homemade gift. And I got to play with her crazy cat.
I have the sweetest coworker who doesn't make enough and is a single mom. Sometimes when we have parties I pay her way and she brings me lunch from home (packs one for each of us). We had a pot luck last week - did I mention she's studying for exams? She just had no money and no time to do anything. She and I went to the store and she was a big help in picking stuff out. We got some veggies for a platter and she helped wash them and cut them up. Worth it!! Plus I grabbed some rolls and between it all, the lines were blurred. We all ate and had a lot left over!
Does it count that I'm seemingly the emotional crutch for most of my female friends?
Kill me now.
In all seriousness, I volunteered at a Hindu temple over the weekend with construction. If I wasn't such a fitness freak, I'd be dead with all that heavy lifting in Canadian winters.
I asked the Salvation Army kettle lady if I could buy her a cup of coffee. It was so cold out there. She asked for a cup of hot cocoa, so that’s what I got her at the nearby Starbucks.
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a company that shouts about how everybody is family bla bla.....
but on top of that she told be to go to my gate because she left perishables. I picked up a bag with a Christmas card, homemade candy and a homemade loaf bread. She also told me to come over anytime to talk gardening with her as I complimented her on her garden from the road view.
Plus I grabbed some rolls and between it all, the lines were blurred. We all ate and had a lot left over!
