Counting Starfish: January 2013

There is a story about a man who observed a boy throwing starfish that had washed up with the tide back into the ocean. The man asked the boy what he was doing. The boy responded, "I am throwing the starfish back into the ocean so that they do not dry up and die." The man cried, "You cannot possibly throw all these starfish back into the ocean. There are thousands." The boy looked at the starfish in his hand as he threw it gently back into the water. "It mattered to that one."

I am uplifted daily by good and kind moments, received and given. This blog is the story of the starfish that I have had the pleasure to witness being thrown back into the ocean.

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Customers "Pay it Forward" for Three Hours

I love this article featured in KSL News about the generous customers at Tim Horton's, in Winnipeg, Canada, who paid for the meal behind them in the drive-through line, for three hours straight.

Although this article calls the place a coffee shop, I just know it as a popular donut shop that is all over Canada. I am not even much of a donut fan, but even I have had a donut at Horton's while visiting Canada.

At 10 a.m. on December 21, a customer paid for the order behind them. The next customer then did the same thing for the customer behind them. This happened for three hours straight - with each customer paying for the order behind them, since their order had already been paid.

The neat thing about this article is that this is a popular trend at the donut shop, and has happened in other locations. In addition, I love that it talks about the energy level in the shop - it was exciting for the employees to keep count and see how long that streak of generosity lasted.