When you wish upon a post-it...

I am at home for Christmas. I always stretch myself beyond my limits trying to make time to visit with everyone in Richmond before I leave. This time my family and friends have made scheduling easy on me and I've gotten to do more than I usually do. Tonight I went with two good friends of mine, Michelle and Jason, to the botanical gardens to see millions of holiday lights. On the last stop at the gardens we entered the library to be greeted with what you will see below. These holiday wishes were written by hundreds, maybe thousands, of people young and old. At first, while reading them, I thought to myself, wow, some people can be really shallow. I then had to stop and think that I could not judge a person on a mere few words written on a post it note. These people could be any age, at any point in their life, they could be having a bad day, the best day of their year, they could be rich, poor, optimistic, depressed etc. etc. etc. Still, I stood there looking at this wall and reading these wishes for what I'm sure was a period of time longer than anyone really wanted to wait for me. See below to experience a little of what I experienced. I could have stayed all night!