Not Keeping Track of Kindness

"It takes generosity to discover the whole through others.  If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert."
― Jacques Yves Cousteau

My children recently received a very generous gift from the owner of a violin shop.  We had taken in a bow to be rehaired and when we arrived to pick it up, the shop owner could not immediately find it.  It was not a big deal as she had loaned us what was clearly a nicer bow in the meantime.  When we returned to pick up the bow, she gave us the rehaired bow and also insisted on giving new bows to my children.  At first, I told her that we could not accept them, but she insisted and said that she wanted to.

As we were leaving, I remembered being in the store a while back when someone had brought her flowers to thank her for being so kind.  After the person left, the shop owner told me that she did not remember what she had done to deserve the flowers.  I think some people are like that ― they just don't keep track of their kind acts.