I arrived early. She greeted me with a smile and the most cheerful of “good mornings”.
She had me sign in and showed me where to wait.
For the next ten minutes, every child who walked in that door, and there were buses of them, was greeted with the most cheerful of “good mornings” as they started their school day.
No matter the response she received, or didn’t receive, she was as cheerful for the next child as she was for the last.
And the cheerful greeting had varying impacts:
Indifference and ignored.
Shy and bashful, quiet response “good morning”.
Loud and smiley “good morning”.
Surprise and startled “oh, good morning”.
Tired and half asleep “uh….hi.”
Skippity doo dah “gooooood morning too!”
Suspicious look over the shoulder with a scurry through the door.
And one, very-happy-to-hear-so-much-cheer-coming-from-one-person, guest sitting in the lobby. I know without a doubt she has an opportunity to make an impact every day.
And she does.
Sweet! I’ll make sure I have a cuppa before coming through her door!
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🙂 Good idea!!!!!!
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i love this and think every child should be greeted this way every day
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I agree Beth. And it sure would help if every adult was as well 🙂
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It matters. Every day.
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Right? I can’t imagine seeing her and being greeted by her, and it not having an impact on me. Well, there you go, because it did have an impact on me. 🙂
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Perfect ❤️
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🙂 Thank you Jen ❤
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That is a great person to greet every child coming in the door with a cheery “good morning!”
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Someone nailed it when they hired her for that job.
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They sure did nail it!
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This is great. What a wonderful human being to make an effort to great everyone and not let a response, or lack thereof, bother her. Also, WONDERFUL observations and good job putting it to paper.
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Thank you JHOSACK87 🙂 What a wonderful compliment. And yes, that wonderful woman makes a difference.
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❤
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❤
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What an awesome scene you paint her. The adjectives themselves doing the speaking. I loved that. Set a great mood in a childlike perspective too!
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Thank you Mark David Goodson! It was pretty wonderful to just sit there and absorb it all. And the little ones were VERY interesting to watch.
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Isn’t that the truth! One person can change the trajectory of a day for any number of people. Fabulous!
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I know I’m lucky to see this often, in many people. I’m hyper aware of kindness of others and the impact on my day. I think that’s a blessing. 🙂
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Very nice
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Lovely. 🙂 I would’ve responded with, “Yeah?! What’s so good about it, B**ch?!” jk 😉
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I was NOT expecting that!!!! Hahahahahahahaha! 😉
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I know you weren’t. That’s why I just had to. 🙂 🙂
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Well played PIF. 😉
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