Portico Church

i was thinking today (odd, i know) - what if the attitude that emerges each year at thanksgiving would be allowed to linger a little?  what if it didn't have to shut down on the friday morning that follows the turkey feast?  what if it informed my approach to Christmas? what if it could just be sustained thru thanksgiving, as a start?  or more . . .

what if it permeated my life?  now that'd be a switch!

i actually went to a grocery store on thanksgiving.  we needed ping pong balls or ice or a turkey or something.  in any case, as i watched the hurried and grumpy crowd rush in, grab the goods, pay and go, i saw a comical, yet insightful exchange.  a young couple, early 20's, walked frantically the registers trying to discern the layout of the store.  after they passed me, i heard what seemed to be the screaching of brakes and the rattle of an abruptly stopped shopping cart.  grumbles were exchanged.  an older gentleman, who had been pushing his cart rapidly down an aisle (dps cameras flashed him doing 50 i think), failed to yield to the young couple and just missed hitting them.  after the exchange, they parted ways.  as the older man passed me he called out to the couple "we're all in this together, you know!"

are we?  if so, how can i bring a new attitude that permeates my very being and then flows beyond me - even to stranges like the guy at the store?

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