It's a small world...

Yesterday I got a blast from the past.  A long time ago I used to play BINGO every week.  Sometimes two or three times a week.  I guess you could even say I was a BINGO-holic! Today I resort to the free BINGO apps on my iPad.  But it satisfies the need...
To the point of my post today...last evening's DG visit was with the Twin Valley Lions Club in Halifax.  Low and behold, I walk in and I couldn't believe my eyes.  Lion Conrad (I certainly don't call him that), so Lion Connie, right before my eyes.  This is the man who, every week, would see me walk into the BINGO hall and know exactly what cards I played and would be ready for me when I went up to get them.  And I was extremely pleased that he remembered after probably close to 10 years.  So not only did he make an impression on me all those years ago, but I must have somehow made an impression on him.  It reminds me of a Maya Angelou quote that goes a little something like this.  "People will forget what you said.  People will forget what you did.  But people will never forget how you made them feel".
Isn't that, deep down, what Lions do?  We may say the right words and we may do the right things by helping people who's lives are not as fortunate as ours, but we say and do those things FROM THE HEART.  And truly, that is what makes us Lions because when it comes from the heart, it's a gift.  A gift  full of pure emotion...and with emotion comes feelings.  There truly is nothing like it in the world.
Until next time...
VDG Salli