My blog, To Life With Love, was born one day when I was standing in a little alcove off the main floor of Ogilvy’s.
Out of the clear blue, without any intention on my part, my attention was driven to the jewellery counter.
A fashionably dressed woman in her 70’s was leaning over the counter, engaged in a discussion with the saleslady.
I was captivated. What I was seeing was something very very rare.
The woman was interacting with the saleslady in the same way she would interact with a friend:
as two equals!
I was mesmerized. I wanted to share this experience with someone.
I turned my head to the left.
And noticed the sweet-faced young woman next to me in the alcove with shining blond hair.
She was beaming just like I was.
“Do you know her?”
She smiled sweetly. “She’s my grandmother.”
Having made her purchase, the woman approached us.
I couldn’t hold back.
“I saw the interaction between you and the sales girl.
It was something very special.
What makes you so wonderful?”
She gave me a warm smile.
And said very simply,
“I love life.”
In my wandering around Montreal speaking at random to people,
I have met others who have retained that woman's
marvelous quality.
The same quality little toddlers have:
that capacity to live in the moment.
To enjoy the moment.
That capacity to love life.
This is what I try to capture in To Life With Love!
A reader's comment about To Life with Love which I treasure.
"What a wonderful way to start my day !
Warm, loving observations of the people and places we often do not notice...
or worse, take for granted."
