Tuesday, November 28, 2017

The Kindness of a Favor

“The ideal man takes joy in doing favors for others.”
~ Aristotle

Nearly everyone I know groans – at least, internally – when someone in another city or country asks her to bring a non-essential item from the city where the traveler is in to the other place.  Many times, these favors entail significant time in locating the goods and then the additional hassle of packing them in your suitcase.  My steadfast friend actually volunteered for this duty when a friend in another city commented that she was trying to obtain an item that she could not find in her own city.  And my friend did not even hint that running the errand or lugging the item in her bag was an inconvenience.

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