Whispers Work Too
I visited a grocery store recently.
Milk, bread, miscellaneous stuff
& as I was finishing my biz and heading towards the door I heard a woman yell.
STOP ! STOP THAT ! STOP ! STOP ! STOP ! ! !
I glanced over and saw a two or so year old reaching for a banana.
No stretching, no arching, no falling out of the cart worries.
Just an innocent hand touching those interesting yellow things that just so happened to be sitting RIGHT THERE.
Whether the little person STOPPED THAT or not, I do not know.
I exited.
But I can tell you the majority of the people in that building halted their actions to the woman’s command.
She was THAT DEMANDING.
Over a child and a thisclose banana.
I can still hear that voice in my head.
Angry, BOOMING
& I wonder …
Why ?
A whisper works
& a calm whisper works even better.
So.
I get home and the national news is on the television
& as much as I occasionally enjoy catching up on all things happening in this world, I switched to off.
Anger.
Anger, anger and more deafening anger
& I wonder …
WHY ?
Many a point has been made, many a change has begun with a sincere, echoed throughout the land, whisper.
That quiet, I was thinking the very same thought, courageous, rumbling, rolling thunder.
Yep.
A whisper works
& a calm whisper works even better.
🙂
