It happens to you all of the time.
I think part of my "yes" needs to be to learn to say "yes" sometimes. Today's story is going to involve a yes and a no that quickly turned into a yes.
Yes, no yes,? Huh? Yeah, it's confusing now but it'll make sense at the end.
About elevenish, I decided I needed to get off my buttocks and get down to the church. The lawn needed to be mowed. I had three dollars sitting on the counter and I thought to myself that I better take it because I was gonna need it.
So, I'm about half way through with mowing the lawn. I've already trimmed it. Sweeping comes last. The church is on 25th Street, across from the library and there's a lot of foot traffic. I try to nod, smile, and say hello to passers-by. If I have an extra dollar and someone asks me for it, I'll give it to them. It doesn't happen every time I mow, but it does happen a few times a summer.
Anyway, back to being half-way through mowing the lawn. As I'm heading west with the mower, I see two pretty girls coming up the street. They were getting their exercise on. As they're headed up the street, a guy cuts in front of them on a bike towing of all things, a lawn edger. He stops me and tells me that if I give him a few bucks, he'll "put and edge on this".
Sure, why not?
I mean, that happens all the time, right? A guy towing an edger riding a mountain bike passes by just as you're mowing the lawn and you happen to just have $3 in your pocket because you thought you might need it.
I gave him the money and he edged the lawn.
It looks nice. And I said yes.
And then I said no.
When he was done, the guy asked me how long I was going to be. He wanted a ride up the street. After all, towing an edger when you're on a mountain bike ain't exactly easy, I suppose. But I was still mowing the lawn so I said no.
And then I thought about it for about thirty seconds and said yes. It wasn't gonna kill me to lock up the mower and drive the guy up the street. So I did.
But it would have been so much better an encounter if I'd just done that in the first place.
Yes, no yes,? Huh? Yeah, it's confusing now but it'll make sense at the end.
About elevenish, I decided I needed to get off my buttocks and get down to the church. The lawn needed to be mowed. I had three dollars sitting on the counter and I thought to myself that I better take it because I was gonna need it.
So, I'm about half way through with mowing the lawn. I've already trimmed it. Sweeping comes last. The church is on 25th Street, across from the library and there's a lot of foot traffic. I try to nod, smile, and say hello to passers-by. If I have an extra dollar and someone asks me for it, I'll give it to them. It doesn't happen every time I mow, but it does happen a few times a summer.
Anyway, back to being half-way through mowing the lawn. As I'm heading west with the mower, I see two pretty girls coming up the street. They were getting their exercise on. As they're headed up the street, a guy cuts in front of them on a bike towing of all things, a lawn edger. He stops me and tells me that if I give him a few bucks, he'll "put and edge on this".
Sure, why not?
I mean, that happens all the time, right? A guy towing an edger riding a mountain bike passes by just as you're mowing the lawn and you happen to just have $3 in your pocket because you thought you might need it.
I gave him the money and he edged the lawn.
It looks nice. And I said yes.
And then I said no.
When he was done, the guy asked me how long I was going to be. He wanted a ride up the street. After all, towing an edger when you're on a mountain bike ain't exactly easy, I suppose. But I was still mowing the lawn so I said no.
And then I thought about it for about thirty seconds and said yes. It wasn't gonna kill me to lock up the mower and drive the guy up the street. So I did.
But it would have been so much better an encounter if I'd just done that in the first place.
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