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It was getting later in the day today and I hadn't given my gift and had no idea what I was going to give. Lo and behold I walk in the bank and they had a plastic bucket for you to give your spare change to the March of Dimes. As I mentioned in a previous post, I am a bartender and I keep all of the change that I collect in tips every shift and put it in a jar. I had the change, which is usually a fair amount in my purse and I donated it all. It felt good to donate to something that is such…

Today I let people merge in front of me in traffic. Not a big deal and I usually let people in front of me anyway, but today I paid extra attention and slowed down when it would have been perfectly acceptable to keep going and let the person behind me let them in. One of them waved a 'thank you' and that is always nice when they acknowledge what you have done.

I bartend on Saturdays and there is this older couple that comes in almost every Saturday. They always get the same food and drink every time. I have a certain amount of drinks that I can 'comp' for people and usually save those for the people that sit at the bar. I decided today to 'buy' this couple their wine and beer that they always have. They were pleasantly surprised and it made me feel good knowing that quite possibly they could be on a fixed income and that might have meant quite a…