dan this is great and i agree on really getting to know people and LISTEN to them. sometimes people have a hard time explaining whats REALLY going on in their lives for fear they're going to be judged. and we need to remember IF someone is going through tough times, dont react to them and be quick to spread the gossip.
soo true.
on a funny note, i do the accounts in my hall, and as a joke a few weeks ago, the kids realized that when I collect, i leave the pennies in the box until they add up to like, 10. Well, they dumped 353 pennies two weeks ago. Last night, there were 896. I was livid. OHHHHH there will be payback.
it's funny that they did that, and it's even funnier that you actually COUNTED 896 pennies
i didn't have a choice! every time i was like "Yeah i'm leaving those" someone would say "Remember the widow who put in two small coins!"
lol... true, but she did that cuz it was all she had. i think if she had just dumped all of her spare change like that she would have been struck down.