Saturday, January 01, 2011

Happy New Year!!

I was returning from my mother's home in the suburbs, just about to pull into my condo's underground garage when I saw the young man with the food delivery jump out of his parked car. Trouble was, he parked behind my building and he would be towed if he left his car there.
How did I know? Because approximately 8 or 9 years ago (before I had a leased parking spot), I left my car in that exact spot and got towed in under 3 minutes. (The bastards at Lincoln Towing are nothing if not efficient!)
"You can't park there," I said to him as he walked toward the building across from mine. "You'll get towed!"
"Okay, thanks," he said as he climbed back in and started his car.
I pulled into my garage, pleased in the knowledge that I had just saved someone from the crappy fate of a towed car on New Year's Day.
I smiled as I stepped out of my car and started walking toward the door to the elevators for my building.
A shirt box containing pajamas from my mother were in my left hand, my purse was slung over my shoulder and a bag containing wine bottles (from my brother) were in my right hand, so I would have to do some maneuvering to get the door to the elevator bank open.
A man I had never seen before (in a Cubs sweatshirt and pajama pants) emerged from the door with a plastic laundry hamper. He started to walk across the garage floor, looked at me for a split-second and then turned around and went back to the door.
He opened the door and stood there, holding it for me.
"Thank you," I smiled at the kind gesture.
And there it was....the good karma of the world in complete equilibrium.
Pass it on.