Today was Girl Scout Day at the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston. Hundreds of little girls to big girls were running all around the zoo having a ball. My girls are Daisy Scouts - the littlest girl scouts - and just trying to get all 14 little girls to move was quite a feat. After two and a half hours they had managed to make it to the arts and crafts area set up for them, the zebras, the tigers, and the lions...and lunch. The leaders kept warning them that recalcitrant little ones would be locked up with the monkeys. I don't think these savvy girls bought that threat at all. :)
Between all the slowness, the boisterousness, the curiosity, and the girly giggles, there were sweet moments that reminded me of the happiness I have been seeking (and finding) during this 40 day project. The girls were happily taking care of each other in that they were in buddies. To be six or seven and holding the hand of a buddy to make sure that no one is lost. The joy of seeing a lion playing with a box and the shear wonder of what is in the box. Swinging from low branches and worrying only about the moment.
The most amazing thing that I witnessed was the self-less sharing of Girl Scout cookies with an older woman. The girls knew that she was part of the Girl Scouts somehow because she had an official badge and was dressed in Girl Scout Gear. They had no idea that she is the CEO of Eastern Massachusetts. All they knew is that she was obviously a sister scout and she must need a snack. The photographers loved the scene and were snapping photos, so I am sure that it will appear somewhere. The girls were just being sweet. Not expecting anything in return. Isn't it a shame that we can't be a little more self-less. A little more concerned with other people's hunger and not worried about how we will look to the outside world. Today's happiness lesson came at an appropriate time in this project and it well noted.
Thank you little scouts for teaching this former Scout a thing or two.
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