Last Sunday, while I was on the beach with my friend Marisa, I told her that I should be more tolerant of others.
"Who are
you referring to? she asked me.
-To those who
cut my way in traffic, to those who do not greet others when they enter the
elevator, to those who destroy water taps in the park, and to the neighbors who
ignore you for being from another country. "
"Excellent purpose," my friend replied. I hope you’ll make it."
I looked at
her doubtfully; at no time did I think I could change my attitude. It happened that in the evening, when I
lowered the blind in my bedroom, the remote control stopped because the battery
was discharged. Since I don't like sleeping with the blind completely down, the
next day, after walking my dog, I went to the hardware store to buy new
batteries. I had a hard time finding those batteries because they are not
widely used; but I finally ended up in a store that had them. I decided to buy two so as not to relive the previous
day situation, and I asked for the price. When the clerk replied that they were
worth six dollars each and I only had ten dollars, I told her that
unfortunately I could only buy one. She looked at me with a smile and said:
"Let's
see how I can arrange this sum on the computer so that, with ten dollars, you
can buy two batteries."
I looked at
her smiling and, as I thanked her for her gesture, I understood that someone
was sending me the message that not everything around me is unpleasant. Needless to say, from now on, accepting things
as they are is not going to be as difficult as I thought.
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