On Kelly's Anonymous Good Deed: He had such a light, peaceful, and happy demeanor

Music producer, NASA scientist, and long-time blogger Kelly Snook writes on the back of receipts. -gw

for the landmark wisdom class (which i'm taking) we are supposed to be keeping a diary of observations relating to our initiative, and also we are supposed to be doing daily anonymous good deeds and then writing about them. since i don't have a diary, this has kind of been serving that purpose, although i haven't been writing directly about my assignments.

but i wanted to write about yesterday's good deed. i took the girls to the baha'i center, as i usually do on sundays. we actually got there before devotions started, and as we sat down, i noticed a guy walking in who sat down in front of us. he had an amazing presence - i wanted to say something, but i had the girls and other friends were coming over to say hi.

after devotions, i had to leave, and there was no chance to talk to him. so instead of just leaving, i wrote on the back of a receipt,

"you
have a
beautiful
countenance.
i don't know you,
but i have to leave.
thank-you for being
here. your spirit
touched
me."

and i darted back into the room and handed to him before i left.

i guess that's an anonymous good deed. a note of thanks is a good deed. and it was kind of anonymous, since he didn't know me. but my name was probably printed on the receipt. good deeds are easy. anonymity isn't really all that easy sometimes.

i thought i'd write about something nice since all i seem to be able to think about is how snowed under i am with huge incomplete projects, and how tired i am.

he had such a light and peaceful and happy demeanor. and all he was doing was sitting there. i wish i could be like that.

Kelly, "(*dc) nothing." Meet Me Under the Spiral Cement Truck

{Re-posted with permission}