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Brighten Your Day With a Simple “Hello”
As I was heading to my local Starbucks today, I was literally running to pick up my order. I woke up late and had a meeting in 45 minutes.
Crap.
A million thoughts raced through my head.
Do I have time to make it to my meeting? What is the most efficient route I should take to go to my Starbucks? Should I just skip the whole thing and go home?
All these thoughts (and others) raced through my mind as I huffed across the morning track, with the sun starting to break through the morning fog.
As I finally got to the store, I looked feverishly at the barista, hoping she would catch my eye and know who I was.
I shouldn’t have worried though, since I had been going there twice a day.
“Hello, Ben! Here is your order!” the barista said, smiling and handing me my nice cold drink.
And just like that, the transaction was completed.
As I stepped out of the coffee shop and drank my iced coffee, a sense of happiness began to sink into my soul.
Gone was the thought of my upcoming meeting. Gone were my anxieties and stress because of the…
