― Elizabeth Bibesco
Yesterday, I
spent two hours in the company of a wise and wonderful 80-year-old woman. She is the owner of a violin shop and we had
gone to purchase a couple of violins.
She has always impressed me as a kind-hearted and generous woman. Not only does she come across that way in
terms of how she conducts her business, but also she seems to have a special
way of connecting with people. I have
heard her share snippets of her life when she thinks that the listener would
benefit from hearing them.
While we were
at the shop yesterday, a woman walked in with a beautiful flower arrangement
for her. "Thank you for your
kindness," the woman told the shop owner.
"You were so kind..."
When the
woman left, the violin shop owner chuckled and said, "I don't remember
what I did."
That is the
way it seems to be with some of the kindest people. They are the way they are and can't imagine
being any other way. And often, they
forget the kindnesses they do even as their kindnesses live on in the hearts of
those whose lives they have touched.
But lest I get
the wrong idea, the violin shop owner looked at me with a twinkle in her eye
and said: "You never want to be too
good -- you miss the fun in life."
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