Today was an amazing morning today for two reasons. The first, was finding out that Enlightenyourday.com won The Blog of the Day Award after only two weeks of publication. In the spirit of my favorite saying “Pura Vida”; celebrate good fortune, whether small or large. It was a little omen that brougtht a big smile to my face. The very next email I checked was from Elf. I met Elf in an internet café in Jaco, a notoriously dangerous place in Costa Rica. Elf rushed into the internet café, and began to plead with the employee to let him use the internet to cancel his credit cards, all his money and valuables were stolen that day. I looked back and gave the employee a simpethetic look to say “Come on buddy, do what’s right”. He sat down next to me and started to cancel his credit cards online, we began to chat and he told me the story. He was at a tourist attraction watching the crocodiles, he put down his bag to take a picture; two seconds later it was gone. I reached into my pocket, I had twenty bucks American on me at the time, not much; but enough for a bed at the hostel and food for the day. I handed it over and said “Here you go Man”. His response was great, “Really, are you sure, I will pay you back, just give me your email, I promise.” His shock to my small act of kindness was enough to know I made the right decision. “Canadians are very friendly people who like to help others”, is all I said. I let him know where I was staying and to come by if he needed anymore help. Three months have passed since Costa Rica, I almost forgot about it until today’s email which reads as follows: Remember Jacó Hello Jonathan, how are you? Maybe you remember the confused german in Jacó, Costa Rica who’s baggage was stolen - at least all valuables, papers andmoney. That was me! The 20$ you borrowed me were very helpful for the first night. Thankyou very much again! I’m sorry that I get in touch with you so late,but the rest of my baggage was lost on the flight back to germany(when it rains, it pours) and with it your email address. Surprisingly it was found a fews days ago… Now I want you to get the money back. You told me something about PayPal? Looking forward to here from you! Best regards,Ulf Instead of responding to his email, I am just going to send him link to this post. So Elf, is your reading this, don’t worry about the twenty bucks, it was my pleasure. Like I said, “Canadians are very friendly people who like to help others”. Just pay it forward sometime to someone who needs it. Pura Vida Amigo
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