Happy Valentimes Day!!

Happy Valentimes Day! I love saying that to people.  I don't subscribe to Valentine's Day being the day to celebrate love, although I do encouraging celebrating love and a day dedicated to love and chocolate will not go uncelebrated in my life.Today has been great.  I started it off with a run, despite my run not being as long as I would have liked, it was energizing and beautiful nevertheless.  I had champagne brunch with a dear dear friend and I have found that spending time with those we love is the most beautiful gift we have.  I am so thankful to be able to spend that time with people I love.  I'm so thankful to have those people in my life.  I wish that for you, to have people you love and love you back and the quality time to spend with them.I found myself at the airport and had a lovely nap on my hoppy flight to Phoenix.  I landed and found my way to my connecting flight's gate, I had to make sure everything was still according to plan before finding the airport watering hole.  Once I had made sure my ducks were in a row, I sauntered into the bar.  Saunter is probably not the right word, bounce is probably more accurate a description for my entry to the bar on this particular day.  The cute bartender called, "Hello, doll.""Hi, there!" I replied happily."I love your jacket!" she told me."Thank you, I think it's cold where I'm going."She laughed at the uncertainty in my voice and we had a lovely conversation."Do you have champagne?" I asked, not seeing it on the menu."Only prosecco," she replied."Perfect, I'd like a glass."She poured me a double in a wine glass and later when she brought me the bill I noticed that she had charged me for the cheapest wine.  Who's the doll now?I took a sip and asked her what I was drinking, she went behind the bar and checked the bottle, "La Marca" she called back.A smile came across my face as I told her that was what I had been drinking in the morning.  How fortuitous.My mom always says it doesn't cost anything to have a smile on your face and be nice but what you can do for others with that seamless effort on your part is amazing and unknown.  You don't know what your kindness brings to the world.  Maybe you're encountering someone who is going through a rough patch and your kindness makes their situational more bearable.  Maybe the person you're kind to is already happy and you increase the happiness and positivity in the world.  Maybe you make a new friend.