How Much is Your Happiness Worth
Today, I bought happiness for 20 pence.
It's the end of the weekday and my battery is running low. This is Jigz's first day in High School wearing his school uniform. We get up early today while I sleep late last night preparing everything for school aside from the normal chores.
I'm quite emotional while taking this picture. My boy is now a young man. I'm very proud. Tia will be next week. She is excited as well.
I went to work 40 minutes earlier this morning. I came to work at 8:50 though I don't start by 9:30. It's so my husband doesn't come back and forth taking Jigz to school, going back home to lift me to work.
I can feel my exhausted body. I can't smile. You know you are not you when you can't smile even if it's easy to do so. My hands are sore, especially this hand.
I had quite carpets sold and rolled yesterday and I didn't notice that I hurt my hands again. It usually happens but I don't feel it right away just when my husband sees and asks what happened.
I have to do something cos I can't face the customer with such a gloomy face. I made myself a cup of coffee trying to make myself feel better. Then I start playing uplifting songs and I stop for a moment and count the blessings that I possess and feel grateful for them. That's my gratitude workout when I'm feeling low.
I'm feeling better when I heard two wee boys outside asking their Mum for a change to put in the candy machine. Tia and Jigz love this.
The two wee boys' Mum reaches for her purse and checks for change. It was 20 pence she needs for what the boys wants. But she doesn't have any 20 p's
The boys are not happy and started crying while Mum walks out. I then grab my bag and check for 20 p in my purse. I run to the boys and started putting the 20p on the machine. And the joy, the smile the giggle the first boy gave me is so precious! And the second is very pleased and says "thank you".
I left before their Mum came back but she saw what I'd done. I heard her say, " She's a nice lady." She came to the shop and say thank you.
But I thank them. They made me feel a lot better. And it didn't cost me much. As we grow older we see a penny as worthless. But for the young ones, it feels like a million. We were once young and innocent a cent made us happy once.
Thank you for reading.
Ang porma tlaga ni jigs my friend momma. Mging ready kna daw sis pagdating ng araw. Hahaha