It's Nice To Be Nice

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This old gal…

Has always believed that there’s a ping…for every pong…a yin for yang…tit for tat…a down for an up…and an up…for a down…and a trip to the Y…did not…disappoint…

Lifting weights in the free weight section…just minding the old business…couldn’t help but notice…an old guy…a different old guy…from crabby Old Guy…

Approach a teen…on her phone…standing next to a quad machine…are you using this…he asked…yes…came the reply…but it’s been wiped down and I’m waiting for it to dry…

He paused a moment…then said…mind if I use it while you wait…she didn’t mind…stepping back a bit…scrolling on her phone while he sat in the wet seat…

A few minutes passed…he rose…laughed and said…there…now it’s all dry for you…to which she smiled and said…thanks…

And there it was…the pong…to that nasty Old Guy ping…the tat to the tit…the pretty…to the ugly…

And minding her own business me…had to marvel…and what a beautiful lesson that was…in being nice…
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And too bad some other old guy wasn’t there…to agree…