Yesterday, I got together for a pint with a friend of my down at the old watering hole (aka, "the Heorot"). Basically, he and I were the only one's in the place (well, besides the bartender and the guy that owns the place). As we were sitting there catching up and sharing about our lives, two old guys strolled in.
It looked like they had just come off the golf course. They sat at the bar and talked about beer, family, and how dark it was in the Heorot. When it came time for one of the gentlemen to pick up a round, he turned to our table and asked, "Hey, you guys want a beer? I'm buying!"
Though we turned down his offer, I couldn't help but be captured by this man's sense of hospitality. He didn't know either of us...We hadn't been in a conversation with the two old men. But, he felt like buying a round of drinks for the people in the bar. Why? I don't know!
But, now I'm kicking myself for not taking him up on the offer! I hope I'm like that when I'm older...I hope I'm like that today...Just buying someone a drink (whether a pint of Guinness, a cup of non-Starbucks coffee, a soda, whatever) for no reason at all...except to be nice.
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