I have to share this story with you.\u00a0 Yesterday I had a booth at the West Mission Art Festival in South Pasadena, California.\u00a0 I was handling the booth by myself so didn\u2019t duck out for food or drink but relied on what I had in my cooler.\u00a0 Actually, all I had in my my cooler was drink \u2013 a hand full of water bottles and another hand full of iced green tea.<\/p>\n
It must have been about 1:00 that a mother and her daughter of about, oh, I\u2019d guess about 14, wandered into my booth.\u00a0 They were obviously good friends and having a wonderful time together.\u00a0 The daughter had a plate full of French Fries.\u00a0 I felt bold so I asked her if I could have one.\u00a0 She said, \u201cSure.\u201d\u00a0 So I took a single French Fry,\u00a0 It was hot, greasy, salty with a strong taste of garlic.\u00a0 In other words, it was great.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t resist saying to her, \u201cYou know what you just did?\u00a0 You just fed a starving artist.\u201d\u00a0 They both laughed.<\/p>\n
We talked about the photographs and photography and art.\u00a0 When they were ready to leave the daughter offered me another French Fry which I gladly accepted.<\/p>\n
Then I went back to my chair to sit and watch the few people that were at the show wander by, many of them not even turning their heads to take a look.<\/p>\n
After about ten minutes the daughter returned and held out her French Fries to me.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019ve had enough.\u00a0 Would you like the rest?\u201d she asked through a smile.\u00a0 \u201cWhy thank you, thank you very much.\u00a0 You are so nice!\u201d I responded as I accepted her gift.\u00a0 He handed me her French Fries and disappeared to rejoin her mother.<\/p>\n
I sat back down in my chair, turned my attention to lunch and forgot about the occasional person that wandered by my booth without looking in.\u00a0 The hot, greasy, salty, garlicky fries tasted even better with the generous dusting of kindness.<\/p>\n
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