I’m having a shite day and reading the news and browsing social media with everything going on everywhere isn’t making it better.

Please share something good around you or from your part of the world. A little text, a little image, an article, a video…

  • Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I taught an old man at the grocery store how to spot ripe avocados. I don’t know what came over me.

    He was definitely over 65 years old, and I saw him picking through avocados with a concerning, almost overwhelmed look. I guess I was in a good mood because I approached him without any anxiety or thought and said, “hey, you want to know a trick?” He looked up at me, I picked up an avocado, “if you remove this little knob here where the stem grew and it’s brown…” I removed the stem knob and it was brown to my surprise, “then it’s likely brown inside and bad” I picked up another avocado and continued, “if you remove the little stem and it’s still green” by god I picked a perfect avocado again, I showed him it was green, “well then it’s perfectly ripe”.

    A big smile now on his face, he said, “hey thats pretty good!” Thanks me and I go on my way.

    I smiled the rest of my shopping trip. I hope I spread some community vibes in that moment.