I'm a thinker. Sometimes I over-think, sometimes I don't think enough. But when I have time to myself to just Be, all of that doesn't seem to matter. (After all, sometimes we all get caught up in trying to do so much that we forget to Be...)

I was thinking the other day about the little moments in life that happen in just seconds, yet have the ability to profoundly impact your life. I've got a few of those that stand out in my mind, but I'm remembering right now about one specific instance.

It was after school one day a couple of years ago during my junior year of high school. A few weeks before this, I had just gotten my new wig and I was still adjusting to it. I was at Michael's picking up art supplies for the upcoming Homecoming Rally because being in student government forced me into the position of Head of Decorations. (No one seemed to care that I really fail at art. I mean really fail. Not like, "Oh I'm just being modest.") I was wandering the aisles picking up all of the art supplies I could that looked like it could be useful when I ended up in an aisle with just one other woman. She was older than me, probably in her late 40s/early 50s. She smiled at me and I smiled back, out of courtesy. I was wearing my school uniform and looking lost in an art store, so I figured maybe she was just being sympathetic because I looked a tad ridiculous carrying around giant neon pink poster boards and draped with pink feather boas and trying to find the shiniest pink glitter in the store. A few seconds passed before she turned to me and said, "I just wanted to say...You have the most beautiful hair." Then she smiled again and walked out of the aisle.

I didn't run into her at the store again. I wondered...Could she tell I had a wig? Or was she just paying a compliment to a stranger? Something in the way she smiled made me think that she knew I was wearing a wig, or maybe this was one of my instances of over-thinking. Either way, it was a compliment that touched me and gave me a much-needed boost of confidence at the moment.

Don't you love little moments like those?

(Another moment to come another day...it's past midnight now and I still have packing to do for my trip back home and to SF to get my new wig!)

Have a beautiful weekend everyone. =)