Something funny happened today in the grocery store.
I was looking for horseradish and found myself walking up and down the condiment aisle. Passing by the pickles I saw a product called B’n Olive. They were olives stuffed with green beans. Now I’ve seen olives stuffed with almonds, with pepper, with garlic, with cheese but I have never seen them stuffed with beans. Curious, I just had to pick up the jar. And I’ll be honest, they looked ridiculous! So I laughed out loud right there in the grocery store aisle and then turned to share the hilarity with my husband what was standing at the end of the same aisle.
“Hey look at this,” I said, holding up the jar and grinning ear to ear.
As I turned I discovered it wasn’t my husband.
That’s the neat thing about these 40acts tasks. They make you pay attention to moments you might otherwise ignore, or in this case, be embarrassed about. And I get embarrassed easily. But since today’s task was to share a smile, I thought, heck why not.
“Oh sorry! I just saw something that made me smile and was going to tell my husband, who apparently isn’t here…(awkward pause)… anyway, have a good day,” I said, still smiling.
I think he thought I was a little off-my-rocker but he politely responded, “Thanks. You too.” And he was smiling.
Hey 40acts, can I consider that mission accomplished?
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