Being neighborly
Posted on January 12, 2006 - Filed Under Personal |
I am new to this "neighbor" thing.
Living in apartments most of my life, my neighbors were nothing more than ghosts that floated in and out of these doors in the hallway. I never really knew them and they definitely didn’t know me. Except for an occasional "Am I making too much noise?", conversation between myself and the other tenants was non-existent.
In this house, my neighbors are actually "neighborly".
A few weeks back, I was out of town for a few days. My neighbors actually noticed that my car was gone for several days and became concerned.
My next door neighbor, who is built like a pro-wrestler, is very kind. He helped me get my fridge into my house and put it together. I felt bad because I didn’t have anything really to offer him and he replied "It’s no problem. We’re neighbors!"
Well, that didn’t cut it for me.
Socrates, my new yard guy, was cutting my grass. I knew that my neighbor needed his grass cut really bad (as did I). I told Socrates to cut the neighbors grass for a month. I would pay for it. The cost to me: $25.
Later that night, Neighbor came and knocked on my door. Upon opening it, he asked me how much he owed for the grass. I smiled and told him "It’s no problem. We’re neighbors!"
Yes, I’m going to enjoy this whole "being neighborly" thing.
If you liked that post, then try these...
Attention on Deck on December 29th, 2005
Today has been a great day.
Travelling Day on July 23rd, 2007
With wheels up at 6 a.
Comments
Leave a Reply
