THE BANK OF GOODWILL

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I went to the Bank of Goodwill today and made a deposit -

  • I thanked my wife for her support 

  • I wished my kids a great day 

  • I recognized a fellow associate for her great performance 

  • I opened the door for a stranger 

  • I made a customer’s vacation dreams come true 

I went to the Bank of Goodwill today and made a withdrawal - 

  • I forgot about my daughter’s school play 

  • I cursed at the person who cut me off in traffic 

  • I looked the other way when a homeless person approached me 

  • I ignored two associates who asked me for a moment of my time 

  • I didn’t return a customer’s call ( … I was too busy) 

Then, I got a call from the bank, who said I was overdrawn. What was I to do?

They reviewed my account, transaction by transaction, and then it was all too clear. In the account instructions (the ones I threw away earlier), there it was. I had been charged, many times, for violating several of the bank’s founding member’s guidelines - 

  • “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.” - Antoine de Saint-Exupery 

  • “We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give.” - Winston Churchill 

  • “The time is always right to do what is right.” - Martin Luther King, Jr. 

  • “To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.” - Mother Theresa 

  • “Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” - Mark Twain 

The next transaction was up to me.


Until Next Friday,

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Photo by Mirza Babic on Unsplash

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Rob Hebeler