We had our Halloween event “Trunk or Treat” at JBC tonight. The weather turned out perfect for the evening and there were hundreds of kids and parents that came. I brought my 1949 pickup and sat next to it and handed out candy all evening to kids. It is funny how such a simple activity turned into so much fun for me. When I got home and sat down and thought about the evening it was a bit of a mystery in my mind why I was feeling so “up”. There is something about children who are happy that seems to make me happy especially if I am part of the reason they are happy. As we interact with other people we usually are having some impact or influence on them even if we don’t realize it. People are blessed by what we do and say or sometimes we irritate them or even hurt them, we seldom are neutral in our influence on them. Those who realize that we are all a factor in the invironment of those around us tend to be more proactive in the words they speak and the way they treat people. It is sort of like a Dentist working on a young persons teeth, you are needing to do what you are doing but you pay attention so that you are as gentle as possible so as not to hurt them any more than necessary. Choosing to say words and do things to give others as much joy as possible is so much fun. It is amazing how the Biblical principle of give and it will be given to you pressed down, shaken together, running over is so true. I will work hard at paying attention to people, their countenance, their words and body language and using as much wisdom as possible to bless them. Being a reason that others feel good is a great privilege.