L'chaim: Today I danced in a group with a newly engaged couple at the plaza in front of the Kotel. We sang and congratulated him and it was a really spontaneous/happy moment.
Random Thought: There was a 3-second window when I could have joined in or sat out, and joining in brought other people in and then the group reached the tipping point and became an event. Never hesitate to celebrate good things.
Sunday, December 26, 2010
12/25/10 - Saturday
L'chaim: Today I was at dinner and someone I was with gave me an agurot (1/10th of a sheckel) to pay instead of a 10-sheckel coin. It was an honest mistake and I didn't say anything, I just covered it.
Random Thought: I probably could've said something, but I think it's nice when people are laid back about small things like that. It makes the world run more smoothly.
Random Thought: I probably could've said something, but I think it's nice when people are laid back about small things like that. It makes the world run more smoothly.
12/24/10 - Friday
L'chaim: Tonight I went to Midnight Mass in the Old City. This is a l'chaim if Christians are right about Jesus.
Random Thought: It's good to have all your bases covered.
Random Thought: It's good to have all your bases covered.
12/23/10 - Thursday
L'chaim: I don't remember anything I did today, except being honest about not remembering anything.
Random Thought: Give me a break, I'm human.
Random Thought: Give me a break, I'm human.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
12/22/10 - Wednesday
L'chaim: Today I befriended a German man named Christian working at the Vienna airport after buying an Austrian bottle of American Diet Coke. We will soon be facebook friends.
Random Thought: I will never see this person again, but it is nice to turn an ordinary transaction into a human encounter. Maybe I'll hear cool things from his German status updates.
Random Thought: I will never see this person again, but it is nice to turn an ordinary transaction into a human encounter. Maybe I'll hear cool things from his German status updates.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
12/21/10 - Tuesday
L'chaim: Today I had a long conversation with a homeless man while waiting for the Amtrak. He was very friendly and just looking for someone to talk football with.
Random Thought: Eventually, my l'chaims are going to get me robbed.
Random Thought: Eventually, my l'chaims are going to get me robbed.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
12/20/10 - Monday
L'chaim: Tonight after walking a girl back to her room, she told me how she had been raped 11 days earlier. We sat down and talked about it for a while, then I left.
Random Thought: Thinking with your big head can be hard.
Random Thought: Thinking with your big head can be hard.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
12/19/10 - Sunday
L'chaim: Today I helped a lady navigate through the DC Metro system. Her name was Victoria and she gave me a copy of the New Testament for my help.
Random Thought: I took a creepy picture of her getting on the subway to memorialize the moment.
Random Thought: I took a creepy picture of her getting on the subway to memorialize the moment.
Saturday, December 18, 2010
12/18/10 - Saturday
L'chaim: Today I overslept and missed a lunch appointment, and I took full responsibility instead of making up an excuse.
Random Thought: This doesn't make me any less of an idiot.
Random Thought: This doesn't make me any less of an idiot.
Friday, December 17, 2010
12/17/10 - Friday
L'chaim: On our drive home from Champaign, me and Becca paid the toll for the car behind us.
Random Thought: The biggest beneficiary of this is the man working at the tollbooth, who now gets to tell people good news all day if people keep passing it on. Unless he just pocketed the $1.
Random Thought: The biggest beneficiary of this is the man working at the tollbooth, who now gets to tell people good news all day if people keep passing it on. Unless he just pocketed the $1.
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