Something pretty cool happened…
I posted about my taco cart experience a few weeks ago, and somehow (through the magic of the internet), the company, Rasta Taco, heard about it.
They left a comment on the post, and even wrote about it on their own blog! Awesome. :)
Oh – and they wanted to send me a t-shirt. How cool is that?!
I really appreciate them reaching out and the offer!
I asked them, since I’m traveling light, if it would be cool to send the t-shirt along to one of YOU, and they said absolutely! :)
(Be sure to check out the rest of their merch, too!)
How to Win the T-Shirt
In the spirit of the original post, leave a comment below with how you helped out someone you didn’t know (could be ANYTHING!).
I’ll select a winner by Friday, September 21st.
So, jump onboard below to win a Rasta Taco t-shirt—taco cart not included! ;)
And be sure to check out (and even hire!) Rasta Taco, SoCal’s Original Gourmet Taco Cart Catering Company!
Looking forward to learning more!
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I’d love to win the shirt. Here’s my entry. At our church we do Fight Club-style homework every Sunday. I sent the entire congregation away with the homework of doing a random act of windshield kindness. Their job was to find at least one random car that week and leave a gift certificate under the windshield. Taking a single random act for someone and multiplying by my entire church attendance.
hey david – thanks so much for the reply, and LOVE what you had your congregation do.
now, i’m gonna (playfully) push here a little bit: i see how your congregation helped out others—what i’d love to hear is a time when you helped out someone you didn’t know! :)
(or, if you followed the homework assignment you mentioned above— what gift certificate did you leave?)
Hey Nathan, I just always enjoy paying the toll for the car in back of me when I go through toll booths. I like thinking, I wonder who “the lucky one” will be as I pull up, and I actually enjoy more speeding away as I imagine the drivers momentary whoosh of delight. Usually I don’t even see the driver again, but on a recent trip with my kids, the car made an effort to pull up to on on the right. It was a young couple and the driver, the man, honked, gave us a huge way and a big thumbs up as he drove by. He was so excited, it really thrilled us! I mean it was only $2 but, sometimes its the little things that make your day. I think I get more enjoyment out of it than they do!
I always leave $5 Starbucks gift cards on the random windshields. I love coffee and would like to pass that on. So many people equate coffee with pleasure and relaxation and I’d love to help pass that feeling along as well.
very cool, david!
though as a non-coffee drinker, i think i also associate that beverage with jittery, non-relaxing energy – ha! ;)
I can always feel when someone is in need of encouragement. I don’t have a lot of money, but I always have a kind word and a smile for a brother or sister. :) It it is the least I can do.
beautiful, stacy—thanks so much for sharing!! :)
I was driving home after work, it was super hot outside and a familiar face (a nomadic young guy-musician) was hitching…I was feeling especially adventurous and blessed, so I gave him a ride, bought him a Happy Hour dinner and a train ticket back to his parents house 300 miles away. He was so grateful, he’d been on a walkabout and run out of money. It was a bit daring but he looked so familiar, like someone I knew only younger. It turned out really well. I don’t make a habit up picking up hitchhikers, something said “yes” to me when I asked if I should.
WOW. LOVE your openness and generosity!
i know there have been many times that people have “taken a chance” on me, and i’ve been SUPER grateful. :)
and what a cool quasi-connection (that you thought you knew him…)!
I know the contest is closed, but this is one of my favorite stories. I was dining alone at a Mexican restaurant, fully enjoying my ‘just me’ time. The restaurant was busy, so service was a bit slow. I finally got my food only to notice that it was the wrong order. When the waiter came to check on me, I noticed that HE noticed it was the wrong order but he decided to gamble and not say anything. After all, when he asked if everything was ok, I said, “it is, thanks!” He was pretty fidgety the rest of the time, probably wondering why i hadn’t complained about the food, but it just wasn’t worth making a fuss (or waiting for the right order to be made) so I ate it. I knew he worried he wouldn’t get a decent tip. I left him $10 on a $9 bill. I left before he got it. He probably thought I had a screw loose, but really it was just my gift to him that some people can just roll with things.
ha – this is awesome laura – thanks so much for sharing! :)
and beside, in a different reality (or on a different night), who’s to say you wouldn’t have ordered the dish you received?!
gotta love Wayne Dyer’s wisdom on this one: “when we change the way we look at things, the things we look at change.” :)
again, super appreciate you chiming in!!