What a Great Way to Start a Thursday!

Got in very late last night after my drive home from Bed­ford. Not too bright this morn­ing as a result. And, dis­tracted. And, have start a 2 week busi­ness trip this week­end (so a lit­tle self-absorbed).

In any case, I fol­lowed an older man using a walker into the ele­va­tor. He was accom­pa­nied by his wife who still moved grace­fully, if slowly.

As we hit the ground floor, he imme­di­ately shooed me through the door, as if to say “you’re faster than we are, go.” But there was more too. I could “see”.

I patiently waited for the lady to leave the ele­va­tor first, as is appro­pri­ate. Stub­bornly ignor­ing his “shoo­ing me” with my body language.

Once she was out, and with­out say­ing a word he shooed me again. I saw the same thing in his eyes as before. So, I delib­er­ately turned and pushed the “hold door” but­ton, and with­out a word told him “you’re not in the way because your old or slow”.

Got that awe­some smile in return that you only get from babies and old peo­ple. You know which one I’m talk­ing about? The one that is pure delight.

Now, I’m bet­ter equipped for today.