THE ENCOUNTER

 "It's a nice breeze today isn't it?" she said as she smiled and headed towards her destination. I looked up, smiled and agreed. I Sat  there and thought ,"wow! that felt good." To have a complete stranger walk by and in her own way say hello by commenting on the weather. She was headed up the stairs to enter the medical building surely to a doctors appointment or maybe the pharmacy. Who knows what her story is, but her smile was healthy. I thought how proud God was smiling down to see his creation taking a split second to acknowledge one another. So much animosity in this day and age, but I was reminded today that it doesn't hurt to offer a smile or a kind word in route to your destination, perhaps that's how some have met their best friends, their soul mates or reminded a person on their last wing of hope that there is something worth living for. And just as I was thinking of how to end this story, she walks back with her medicine in hand and says, "have a good day!" She will never know the hope she gave me that maybe, just maybe there are still a few good people in the world!