Last week I went to Costco with my husband. He was waiting in line for an ice cream swirl. Meanwhile, I pushed my cart with my requested “small boxes” of items to my car. I specifically ask for small boxes because I can not pick up the larger and often imbalanced larger boxes–it is a process of accommodation.
Anyway, as I waited in the car, I saw the elderly gentleman who was parked next to me come along pushing his cart with merely a single carton of eggs in it. My first thought was: What the heck is that about? Why is he pushing the cart? Eggs are not heavy.
Then I paused and took a breath, for at that moment, I realized that I am that person. He was using the cart so as not to fall in the uneven parking lot and not to drop the darn eggs as I have often done. He was using the cart as a means to get from A to B without incident. I applaud him.
So, I caught myself once again wrapped in judgment and assumptions about why people do what they do. Paying attention to the details around one can be instructive.
MS Fortunate 