Walmart

Pick a place I never go willingly.
Pick a place my mother loves to shop at!
Sigh .....

Mother's car broke down last week, so I offered to run her around to her favorite shopping places yesterday.  Yes, Good Will, St. Vincent de Paul, Dollar Store, Fred Meyers, Winco and alas, Walmart - all had to be visited.  I had estimated 6 hours including a two hour commute for me to mom's house ... but it ran to 10 hours.  The worse shopper I have ever seen since Swede armed with a gift card ...

While mother vanished almost instantly into Walmart, I took a leisurely tour of the store.  Honestly, I think better goods can be had at Fred Meyers for about the same cost!

As I passed a pair of ladies in the clothing section, it quickly became apparent that one of them was the age of my mother, the other her daughter and much younger than me!  (My mother had quite a head start in life ... sigh)

Older lady: "Now I told you that if you do not like the kind of people whom shop here, then you need to shop somewhere else!"

Younger: "But I can't!"

Older: "Now that is not true.  You have to start making life decisions which support the life you should be living - versus the one you are!"

Younger: "But I can't!"

I kept walking and thinking about that little piece of advice I overheard.  Definitely we are either blessed or cursed by the choices we make.  Even if you have a history of poor judgment, you can still change your course - you just have to have the courage of your conviction.

Not bad advice, for a Walmart customer ...  Or maybe this was an invention session - you know - "Go to a real store that does not support enslavement of Christians in China ....."

Yeah, I bad.
:^)