WWKD?
Role
Models.
Our neighbor Kathie is a sparkling,
bubbly sort. A tiny dynamo, she has the ability to zip into our house with a
question, request, or bit of information, have a serious conversation, and whirl
out again leaving smiles on our faces. She and her husband Philip are both
wonderful neighbors - welcoming and yet respectful of
boundaries.
As far as I am
concerned, her most remarkable trait is her positivity. She gives the benefit
of the doubt more easily and effortlessly than anyone I have ever met. Where
John and I are irritated by another neighbor, she sees someone she pities. When
circumstances hand her and Philip hard knocks, she acknowledges them and feels
the frustration and fear that anyone would, but her naturally buoyant
personality always inevitably rises with good humor and restless, fizzing
energy.
So when John and I
were standing in the self-checkout line at the grocery store on Sunday behind a
woman and her son who took approximately ten minutes to check out five items
(not including the five or so minutes that it took a store employee to replace
the burst bag of Tater Tots that was the last item in her cart) and I was about
to burst into a stream of frustrated, sotto
voce snark, he raised a finger and
headed me off with a single phrase. "What Would Kathie Do?"
Posted: Thursday - June 16, 2005 at 07:30 AM
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