making lemonade for others...

and sharing a lesson on gratitude.

This was titled: Seen in Hoboken Today (guessing 11/2/12)

In case you can't see the picture, or read it:  there is a large extension cord with two electrical plug strips -- almost every one of them full -- and the sign reads "We have power.  Please feel free to charge your phone!"

Sometimes our better selves reach out -- amidst stories about people fighting at the gas pumps and whole communities feeling abandoned comes this picture that does speak more loudly than any words.

We can choose to be good neighbors, to feel part of a community and to participate as such.

I am heartened by this... and hoping more of these stories will emerge.

Here's another one I heard Friday morning -- it's slow to get started, but hold on until you get to the spaghetti and meatballs before you give up.  There is a lot of lemonade making going on -- and we need to do more of it.