ささいなやさしさ
毎日猛暑続きではありますが、昨日はまた特別朝から暑かったような気がします。おとといから女性特有の日になってしまい、体調がいまいちだったことに加えてこの暑さの中のチャリ通勤。たいてい職場に着く頃には暑さが少しひくまでぐったりしているのですが...昨日の朝は本当にぐったりに加えて、貧血気味で顔色が少々悪かったようです。周囲に「今日は青白い顔をしているよ」と言われながら、「暑くてバテちゃったみたいなんですよ。でも、これくらい平気ですよ。」と話していました。すると、しばらくして先輩が私の所へやってきた。「これ、食べて今日も頑張って!」と差し出してくれたのは彼女の自宅で丹精に育てられた新鮮なブルーベリー。以前にも、甘酸っぱくておいしいブルーベリーを頂いた人である。最初に頂いてから、「本当においしかった。ありがとうございました。」とお礼を伝えて以来、彼女の言葉に甘えて、ことごとくブルーベリーを頂いていました。(苦笑)ささいなやさしさに心が温かくなり、今週もラスト2日だ!頑張るぞ!と思わずにはいられませんでした。私も彼女のようにさりげないやさしさができるような人になりたいなぁ~とつくづく思いました。Though I know it's been hot everyday, it seemed like yesterday was extremely hot from the morning. From day before yesterday, I got a monthly women's thing and I wasn't feeling too well. On top of that, I been going to work by my bike as well in this hot weather. Usually, by the time I get to work, I'm tired out by the summer heat and it takes a while for me to cool down a bit. But yesterday, I was not only tired out but my face was a bit pale from dizziness. Everyone around me asked me, if I was alright because my face was pale. But I told them, I was alright and I think I wasn't feeling too well, because of the summer heat. After a while, one of my co-worker came by my desk. She said to me, "Here! Eat this and try to get through today." And she gave me some fresh blueberries to eat. It was bluberries that she had grown in her garden. That's right! She's the person who had given me, sweet and sour and deliciopus blueberries before and I had written about it in my diaries,too. Ever since I thanked her and told her, that her blueberries were delicious, she had given them to me everytime she brought it to work. Her natural kindness warmed my heart and made my engines going again, saying to myself, it's only 2 more days to go! I want to grow to be a person, who can show her natural kindness to others, just like her!