ok i love random gifting...

I went rock climbing yesterday and I was putting some change in the meter

as I like to do when I use a meter I let any random change that falls out of my hand just lay where it lies

a very small gifting to be sure...but it's fun to just not be so attached to things and let them roll away into another persons world

on this particular day I had grabbed a pretty big handful of change from my car and I was having fun with it...letting the change just fall all over the place as I ferreted out the quarters for the meter

"hey" says an amicable voice behind me " your change is falling all over man"

i turn to face the voice and find a very big smile in the form of the fellow who attends the parking lot next to the gym

"I know" I say "It's something that I do on purpose...like a small way to give back"

"oh" he says looking a bit puzzled

"it's like at a church you know how they have tithing ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tithing ) ?"

he nods

"well this is like that...except since I don't have a particular church I belong to I try to just tithe to ...you know..." I sort of vaguely wave my arms in the air "the BIGGER church...if you see what I mean..."

he nods again smiling even larger "oh OK ..that's COOL"

"Thank you!" I respond "this is just a little version of it... I try to mix it up and do different things"

"That's cool bro...right on" he says and walks back to his little house

I go back to the car and get my climbing gear. I see a dollar bill on the floor of my car mat. A lost orphan, washed up on the shores of my fiscal river. I grab it and turn to the face of the rock gym. It has some stonework on the front face that was perfect for my cause.

I took the bill and did some quick origami work, trying to make it so it looked like the bill was stuck to the rock, an enticing eye catcher, waiting to be plucked off by the happy hands of some passer-by.

My friend ventured forth again to ask " oh is that another one you are doing?"

"Yep, you motivated me with your acknowledgment bro" I said " though this one is not going so well..."

Then I had an ah-ha moment, moved to the corner of the building and found a few small rocks and used them to hold the bill against the lip of the rock...One two three...Wah-la!~

"that's cool man...I do things like that too" he said "not exactly like that but you know giving and things like that"

"it's a big world bro...helps if we keep things moving and flowing around and share when we are able" (just my opinion but it seems to work)

"Yeah and then it comes back to you bigtime" he ventured knowingly.

"true, though I find that the less you think about that part, the more smoothly it comes around" I added

"word to that" he said smiling again "that's cool..."

We traded names and then my friends arrived, parked in his lot and we went in to rock climb.

A small tithe...but a fun one...