Wednesday Wide Smile

[Rose Caplan]

THIS WEEK IS THE BUMP EXPERIMENT WEEK...BECOME A BUMPER AND BUMP IT UP!

The Bump Experiment was started by Billy Von Schriltz and is based on his own experience and the idea that “one act of kindness may touch and change someone’s life forever. When we least expect it and many times when we most need it out of the blue something wonderful happens!” Billy calls this experience "getting bumped."

As a senior in high school, 30 years ago, Billy received an anonymous note in his principal's office. It included money for his college education. The note said," if you are ever in the position to do something for someone be it of your time or money do it without expecting anything in return!" The note was signed, "Your Guardian Angel."

Billy carried the feeling of thankfulness and joy from that experience throughout the rest of his life.

In his late twenties he figured out the identity of his guardian angel. He was the postmaster of his hometown of Farmville, North Carolina. Billy was able to share with his guardian angel several stories of people he had come in contact with over the years whom he had been able to help in the same way he had been so they too could experience the same exhilaration he had felt so long ago having been the recipient and now the giver of such unconditional gestures.

This kind postmaster in his small hometown was named Bump. His nickname was short for Bumpass. Bump died in 2007 at 88 blessed years of age. And though no longer with us his ONE gesture of kindness has been multiplied too many times to keep track of and Billy is sure exponentially more times through others as we all continue to keep "BUMPING IT UP!"


And, remember...Feed Your Good Dog, so your good dog always wins!
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