Words of Wisdom

Let me tell you about the miracle I experienced this week - one every bit equal to that one in ancient times where that one little jug full of oil - supposedly just enough to keep the flame lite for one night instead lasted for 8 days - giving our Macabee ancestors really something to celebrate besides their victory over the Assyrians........

LAST night I discovered that I had lost my full set of house keys sometime during my daily travels from my house to my business; they obviously had slipped out of my jacket's inner pocket due to an opening in its lining. What to do what to do....I was kicking myself in the proverbial butt because just a month ago I had lost my full set of business keys. By this morning I had already assembled a spare set but planned to retrace my steps from the previous morning to see if somehow - miraculously - they would reappear..in this gigantic city of ours.
~ As I passed my garage I asked Pablo the attendant if anyone, by chance, had turned in a set: "No, Mr. Peress but a Merry Christmas anyway to you and thank you for the gift you gave me yesterday."
~As I passed the headquarters of our City's Universities which sits right at my next corner I dropped inside the lobby to ask their guards the same. No luck there either.
~Then, as I crossed over to the next block I all of a sudden spied out of my left eye a piece of note paper taped to the corner mailbox, flapping in the wind with the words - "Set of Lost Keys found here yesterday and left at Gristedes up the block."
~I said to myself that they couldn't be mine but how many sets of keys are lost in any given area on any given day and with that thjought ran up the block to find that INDEED the manager was holding MY set of keys - given to her by one good samaritan.

Need I tell you how happy and grateful I was for living in a city - and this could really happen anywhere - where good will and a caring for your fellow neighbor continues to play out on a daily basis.

I am at present seeking out the name of this kindly neighbor to give her a just reward - a bottle of fine Champagne...........