Yesterday I participated in a drive by! Another giver and I went to Tilles park in St. Louis to pick flowers to hand out. Ok, so we did a little taking in order to do some giving, but it was all with good intentions.
It was such a nice afternoon, and I had forgotten how beautiful Tilles park is. What a lovely time to go for a stroll outside! These Days of Giving are a win-win for all involved: it feels great to do something nice for others. At the same time, we're getting great opportunities to spend time with friends outside.
Afterward, GiverTree and myself drove around and put flowers on the windshields of parked cars. I would have liked to hand flowers to more people in person because I wanted to see peoples' reactions. But we did give a flower to an employee at an ice cream shop. He seemed really grateful and smiley when I gave him a flower. Although he kind of smirked and might have been thinking, "what the hell, this is weird." I offered a flower to a guy sitting in his car and he refused. I find it strange that a person could refuse a free flower; however, I guess we're all instructed from a young age not to accept things from strangers.
Either way, from the two reactions I did see, it makes me wonder what people did when they found a flower on their windshields. I'm hoping there were some smiles.
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