People travel to wonder
at the height of the mountains,
at the huge waves of the seas,
at the long course of the rivers,
at the vast compass of the ocean,
at the circular motion of the stars,
and yet they pass by themselves without wondering.~St. Augustine
It was a Saturday afternoon, and Ray had rushed down to the local supermarket to hurriedly pick up some hamburger rolls, chips and a few condiments. The big college game was going to be on, so he was having a few friends over to watch it.
The store was loaded with shoppers and as he headed for the six item express lane, the only one that didn't have a long line, a woman completely ignoring the overhead sign slipped into the check-out line just in front of him pushing a cart piled high with groceries.
Ray was quietly fuming at the anticipated delay. But the elderly cashier beckoned the woman to come forward, looked into the cart and asked ever so sweetly, "So Dearie, which six items would you like to buy?"
(Don't you wish they would!)
A farmer was driving along the road with a load of fertilizer. Little Christopher, playing in front of his house, saw him and called out. . .
"What've you got in your truck?"
"Fertilizer," the farmer replied.
"What are you going to do with it?" asked Chris
"Put it on strawberries," answered the farmer.
"You ought to live here," Chris advised him. . .
. . . . . "We put sugar and cream on ours."