Stories by rlincoln (3 matches)

Everyone Deserves A Little Bit of Chocolate

Working in a big corporation, we often get holiday gift baskets containing chocolates and other trinkets from our business partners.  These baskets are usually placed in the middle of our corporate area and are eaten by everyone in the office during the next few days, the remenants eventually thrown out. 

I have made an effort to pick out a few nice chocolate bars that I would usually want to eat and brought them outside for the sercurity guards that work in the cold weather patrolling our parking lots and grounds.  It is the women and men in these roles at my firm that are just as integral as the corporate roles, but often get overlooked. I wanted to show that everyone at the company deserves a piece of the gift baskets. 

The first time that I did this, the guard looked at me in such a perplexed manner.  People are not used to random acts of kindness anymore.  I hope that we can change that, one small kind act at a time.

An Anonymous Double Holiday Gift

I spent the evening last night shopping for presents:  not for my boyfriend or for me, not for our families or friends, but for a family that we selected to "sponsor" through our holiday angel program at work.  Usually I sponsor just one person, but this year I had the opportunity through our women's network to select a family headed up by a young single mother in my greater community.  It was hard balancing what they were asking for versus what I wanted to get them.  For example, the nine-year-old was asking for a specific doll, and I wanted to get her warm clothes and mittens.  I debated about it for a long time, and decided that I needed to just get both: toys for her to smile about, and warm clothes for her mother to smile about.  This is an anonymous giving program, but I feel like I know the family so well just ... Read Full Story >>

Just Because It's The Right Thing

Hello.  In the past two days, I have had two very similar experiences in terms of returning money to people. The reactions surprised me so much that I had to share it with you all.  Two days ago, I struck up a nice conversation with this new business owner at a coffee shop in my town.  After I had walked about half a mile back towards the parking garage, I realized that I had left without paying.  I walked back to pay my $1.90, and the man was astounded that I had come back to pay instead of just continuing on my way.  Similarly, yesterday I was eating lunch at a local pizza place, and a family walked in.  They had a little girl in the family who was maybe 7 or 8, and a $10 bill fell out of her pocket next to our table.  I got up, picked it up, and ... Read Full Story >>

A Small Gesture That Made My Day

City Of Dreams

City Of Dreams