I am wondering why I didn’t take a picture giving a face to this man. I can’t even write a description. This person is all about positive attitude and that is what I see as I walk in and out of the store.
I am writing about the Salvation Army bell ringer at Sam’s Club in Topeka. If you’ve visited that store during the Holidays, he is memorable.
The bell, his voice it’s there when driving into the parking lot. It’s not that he is yelling, but his voice carries. As he rings the bell, he is telling people to have a good day, to have a Merry Christmas, that their children are beautiful and God bless them, or, in our case, to drink the beer we just purchased slowly. You absolutely can not help but smile within his outreach.
Without a Bible or a church congregation, he is the personification of the message of this Christmas season—that is to help those less fortunate, to show love for all people and to make everyone smile and feel good about themselves.
I ask the greeter if he ever has a bad day. No, he does not. He begins when the store opens and works all day with the same enthusiasm and gusto. I bet his red Salvation Army pot fills many times. How can anyone pass without dropping in a little something with a smile.
And, then pass it on.
1 comments:
So blessed that your wrote about him! He is truly amazing and He is truly sharing Our Lord's light just by his presence there! We have totally enjoyed seeing him each time we have gone to Sams! Merry Christmas dear friend!
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