This morning I was a bit behind in my work and didn’t get the recycling bins out at my usual time. As I’m working away I hear the clinking of glass and make a frantic bee-line for our recycle bins and rush out the door to see the recycling truck at our walkway. Now, I don’t know about you, but my experience is that the people doing the recycling and the garbage pickup aren’t typically the most social people. It’s early. It’s raining. It’s cold. And, well, it’s garbage. At any rate this gentleman was nice. I asked him if it was going to be a busy day and we talked for a couple minutes about his route. He smiled the whole time and I think he enjoyed the conversation.

Reflecting on that, it reminds me of the words from Tim Hansel in his book ‘You Gotta Keep Dancin’. I know I’ve shared these words before, but I can never read them enough. I need to make more time to share and not always be in a rush here and there. I’m sure the recycling guy that I talked to can’t dilly-dally and talk with everyone on his route, but you know, he made my morning. Maybe I made his.

There isn’t much that I can do,
but I can share my bread with you,
and sometimes share a sorrow, too—
as on our way we go.

There isn’t much that I can do,
but I can sit an hour with you,
and I can share a joke with you,
and sometimes share reverses, too—
as on our way we go.

There isn’t much that I can do,
but I can share my flowers with you,
and I can share my books with you
and sometimes share your burdens, too—
as on our way we go.

There isn’t much that I can do,
but I can share my songs with you,
and I can share my mirth with you,
and sometimes come and laugh with you—
as on our way we go.

There isn’t much that I can do,
but I can share my hopes with you,
and I can share my fears with you,
and sometimes shed tears with you—
as on our way we go.

There isn’t much that I can do,
but I can share my friends with you,
and I can share my life with you,
and oftentimes share a prayer with you—
as on our way we go.

AUTHOR UNKNOWN
from Tim Hansel, You Gotta Keep Dancin‘