Jim Rohn said, "When you help enough other people get what they want, you'll always have what you want."

I like to think of it like, "When you show enough love to others you'll feel the love as well."

The other day I took my kids to bounce at an indoor trampoline park.

It's fun to jump with them. It's also fun to allow my children their independence and to sit and relax by myself for a bit. The only problem is there are only 6 chairs you can sit in, if they are open and you don't mind sitting on your neighbor's lap. There is one exception- these 4 massage chairs. No one is actually sitting in them. They are spaced out away from the other chairs, and I wanted to read my book.

I made my way to the farthest massage chair and sat down. I took off my shoes and curled up in this soft chair. All of a sudden, my chair started to loudly and obnoxiously beep at me. I hadn't realized, but if you sit in these massage chairs too long without inserting money, a very loud siren-sounding alarm goes off.

I looked around and I felt like I was getting looks like stand up and make that noise stop…that's why we didn't sit in those chairs.

One would figure the siren would stop if you sat there long enough. That was not the case. It kept going. A teenage employee with an untied shoe had also started making rounds and glaring at all the rule benders. This young man spent a lot of energy glaring at me while I sat with this nonstop alarm going off. He wanted it to stop as much as I did.

I helped him out. I got up and unplugged the chair. Problem solved. Only he still wanted me out of that chair.

Even though the siren had ended, I wasn't able to relax and read my book with this negative teenager walking past me.



This teenager simply wanted to feel seen. He knew I wasn't hurting anything and there was nowhere to sit except these massage chairs. He just wanted to feel like he was doing a good job and connecting with the guests.

After about 25 rounds, this young man's shoe was still untied. Finally, I looked up at him and smiled. I stopped him and asked if I could show him how to tie his shoe so it wouldn't come undone again. He was shocked by my question and awkwardly said "sure?"

With a kind smile, I jumped up, bent down, fully untied and then retied his shoe. I asked him how he currently tied his shoe and, using his current method, showed him to simply "wrap the bunny ear the opposite direction."

This young man was shocked by 2 things. One: that he had something new to learn. And two: that someone was kind to him. He thanked me and walked away. In fact, he stopped making unnecessary rounds altogether. This young man smiled at me for the rest of the day. Who knows...maybe he'll teach his own kids how to tie their shoes. And it will make his life better because he won't be tying shoes again and again. He'll remember the strange lady from his trampoline park job back when he was a teenager. I soon plugged the chair back in and went to bounce with my kids. Lesson learned!

You never know how you benefit others or when the opportunity will arise to help. When he felt seen, heard, appreciated and cared for, he gifted me what I wanted…a little quiet time.

Lots of love, XOXOXO!
-Georgia Vanderville