ladysprite | Unexpected Generosity

I love the clinic I'm working at this week. It's local-ish, the doctor who runs it is one of the best and most skilled I've ever worked for or with, and the atmosphere is just overwhelmingly positive. And, most of all, the clients are almost all surprisingly friendly, cheerful, nice people.

I've known this since I started helping out here years ago, but earlier this week one particular case stood out above and beyond anything I've seen before.

I was wearing my favorite earrings to work - a pair of small dangles with silver rose-shaped beads and purple crystals, that a friend had gotten for me at a craft fair years ago. And a client came in - chatty, friendly, clearly looking like the sort of person I'd be friends with under other circumstances - wearing a necklace that looked almost identical. Same beads, same crystals, similar pattern.

When her appointment was over, and we were chatting, I noticed her necklace and pointed out that we apparently had matching jewelry and taste. I didn't mean anything much by it, other than amusement, and curiosity as to whether she'd gotten it at the same place.

She looked at my earrings, then promptly unclasped her necklace and asked me if I wanted it. I was utterly flabbergasted, and I tried to say no - that I wasn't asking for it, that it hadn't even crossed my mind, but she insisted. She said that it matched better, that this way they'd be a set, and that she had a ton more jewelry at home.... I tried not to take it, but she laughed and wouldn't take no.

So now I have a beautiful matched necklace-and-earrings set, and a reminder that, while people are generally good, some are truly standouts.....