It’s been a LONG time since I last posted and I wanted to catch you up on a few things before I get to today’s Joy Reflection. I am still living in the midst of redecorating chaos. We have tried to tackle too many things at once and ended up not finishing any of them. So I hope soon I can show you some pics of what we’ve been doing.
Today I thought I would reflect on an important lesson I learned as a teen: you can change the world with kindness.
When I was a senior in high school I got my first job (first of MANY!) as a page at the down town library. A page’s main duty was to re-shelve books and materials that were returned to the library.
I was assigned occasionally to the Periodical section where we got magazines and newspapers for patrons that could not be checked out, but could be photocopied. It sometimes involved a trip in the world’s scariest elevator that dropped about six inches every time you entered. And it took you down to the darkest basement, like a scene from Ghost Busters, but not as nice.
But that wasn’t even the hardest part of the job. My boss was. Continue reading