Happy Birthday, Pharmacist Man

I know that Random Acts of Kindness are the most important paths on our journey through our life. And I am so grateful that I am occasionally placed in a situation where my acts of love and grace can be completely random.

Actions are, in my life, not random if they are connected to things done for my friends and family. Because my purpose is to help those in my closest circle, my family and my friends. That is not random; that is deliberate. I choose to spend my time on those I love.

So, when a completely random act comes along out of nowhere, I think about the grace that has come into my life by serendipity. My conscious mind is in sync with my spirit.

This week I was in a card store, buying birthday cards for the many people in my life who are born in February (is that a coincidence?). Along the long isle comes a well dressed lady. She says to me “you look like the kind of person who would help me”. Immediately, I say “yes, of course, how can I help?”

She says she is almost completely blind. But, she wants to buy a birthday card for her son, her only child. However, she can’t read anymore and she needs helps. She needs my help.

I lead her to the section that has the little popup cards that say “Son”. I pick a card and start to read for her, not so loudly that others in the store might realize that she is in a somewhat helpless state.

She says the first card is way too sentimental – her son is a pharmacist and would not like a sappy card. So, I pick another one that I think she might like. The card is about the little boy who loved his momma; his momma who always believed in him; the son who became an important person in the world; the son who became important because of who he was. But in his world of great importance, he would never once again achieve the importance that he delivered to his mom by being the son he was.

Because, and I am testimony to this inarguable truth, here she was in a store relying on a completely random stranger to find the perfect card that spoke her love for him. Whether or not you think the card is sappy, it hit a chord for her. Perfect pitch.

Totally random act. I am whispering the words to this woman and we both have tears streaming down our face. We are connected through the love that we have for our children. And we do not even know each other!

Happy Birthday, Pharmacist Man. I hope you know how truly blessed you are to have a Mom who would rely on a random stranger to understand the love that she holds for you.

As for me, I am going to hang out at the particular store during the middle weeks of February so I can be once again in the universe of love that a random act of kindness can deliver. It gave me much. Random acts of kindness always rebound. And you are forever changed and blessed for being a part of the experience.