Plant seeds of joy in your life.
Sow them in the lives of others.
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Sometimes we scatter seed broadly, not knowing where it will land.
A television commercial showed a man and woman walking side-by-side in a park, trailing a short distance behind an elderly couple. It was autumn and the older couple, holding hands, strolled in the measured steps of their companionship. The younger couple walking more briskly approached their elders and separated, glancing over as they passed. Rejoining they clasped hands and slowed their pace.
I have forgotten what the advertisers were selling, but to me they conveyed the need for the connection and contentment portrayed in the relationship of the elderly lovers.
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At other times we place a single seed into a specific spot.
A young man and woman walked hand-in-hand into the discount hotel. He went to the desk, she to a couch in the tiny lobby. As I passed him, I stopped and said, “Never quit holding hands when you walk together; you'll come to regret the moment you did.” Diffidently, he nodded in response; then his eyes opened with a hint of recognition. Later, I saw them leave to their room, her hand folded into his.
Will he remember that moment in years to come? Perhaps, but moments later the event may have been forgotten or attributed to the eccentric ravings of a stranger. Yet maybe, just maybe, a seed of joy was sown.
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We are but moments in each other’s lives. Sow positive moments.
The young professional strode down the concourse of the Kansas City convention center carrying a large stuffed bear that I imagined she had won in a raffle. Her face blushed with the glee of the child in her, and she wore a tinge of embarrassment that adorned her glow. If only she knew of her beauty in that moment and how her presence touched me. Unknowingly, she had sown a seed of joy in my heart.
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