Friday, February 07, 2025
COMMENT - REWARD THEM, AND YOURSELF
BY DONOVAN BALDWIN
Saw some pithy/witty sayings this morning while I was still waking up (still am, for that matter).
Some struck me as funny, some as dumb, some just didn't make it to the second layer of brain cells.
One, however, struck a chord. "If a street musician makes you stop walking and listen, you owe him/her a buck."
That just seemed "right" to me. But, I don't see that many buskers (street performers).
Continuing my musings, I began to see, for me, that when someone who doesn't have to tell me, and I don't have to listen, provides something of value that I realize, recognize, as such, there SHOULD be a transaction of some kind. A reward, whether of cash, goods, words...something...should be given in return.
Maybe a pat on the back, maybe a recommendation to someone else, maybe a sharing of the message. I don't know exactly what YOU "should" do because THEY brought you value...but, you owe them something for what they gave you, even if it's just the intention to be a better person, live a better life, sing a happier song, or, maybe, just smile or sing, instead of sending out messages of gloom and doom.
There are people trying to do good for you. Reward them at least by trying to do good for others. Nothing big. Just a smile, a memory, a buck.
Some struck me as funny, some as dumb, some just didn't make it to the second layer of brain cells.
One, however, struck a chord. "If a street musician makes you stop walking and listen, you owe him/her a buck."
That just seemed "right" to me. But, I don't see that many buskers (street performers).
Continuing my musings, I began to see, for me, that when someone who doesn't have to tell me, and I don't have to listen, provides something of value that I realize, recognize, as such, there SHOULD be a transaction of some kind. A reward, whether of cash, goods, words...something...should be given in return.
Maybe a pat on the back, maybe a recommendation to someone else, maybe a sharing of the message. I don't know exactly what YOU "should" do because THEY brought you value...but, you owe them something for what they gave you, even if it's just the intention to be a better person, live a better life, sing a happier song, or, maybe, just smile or sing, instead of sending out messages of gloom and doom.
There are people trying to do good for you. Reward them at least by trying to do good for others. Nothing big. Just a smile, a memory, a buck.
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# posted by Donovan Baldwin @ 9:12 AM 
