I know.. people say money can't buy happiness. For the most part, that's true. But there are, as with any rule, exceptions.
I spent a summer learning lessons of Love and friendship. It was a summer now two years past, but it still plays an active part of my life today. I received a letter from one of the Friends of that Summer today, in response to a whine-list I had sent him talking about what I wanted from Love. He reminded me just how much a Quarter bought us during our times together.
I have an on-going tradition of buying bubble-gum rings. You know.. the kind you get for a quarter at any grocery-store or Mall. I give these to friends, name them, and hang them from my rearview mirror among other places. I have been known to give them to strangers who look like they need a smile, even dropping to my knees to propose to people who are looking as if they need to feel appreciated. It's the kind of random silliness I am known for. And Loved for, though that's the part I forget sometimes.
Well, I was told today that one friend still, two years later, finds those little plastic bubbles in his car. And he says they will stay there because they make him smile when he finds them. I used to blow in them and then close them and say that they were now holding a wish to be used when needed. I am sure he has alot of wishes to make.
And for teaching me that twenty-five cent smiles were priceless and something worth being loved for, I hope all his wishes come true.
So, buy someone a smile for a quarter. Give them a plastic bubble wish. And make some of your own come true.