Aaron Collins was a guy who had a quirky sense of humour and fun. He’s dead now…died last summer. He was all about experiences, not possessions, and so when he died, he asked that any money he had would be shared freely with folks who could be impacted by it.
His family went for pizza and gave the server a $500.00 tip.
They posted it on YouTube…and it went viral.
Cuz you see…there’s something about watching “the little guy” who is busting their butt in the trenches of life, slogging away faithfully at something get blessed with a totally unexpected lavish gift that makes the world feel a bit brighter for all of us. It feels good to watch a random person get their socks knocked off their weary feet with delightful overwhelming generosity.
It didn’t set the server up for life…but it was enough to make a good dent financially.
It was enough to change a person’s spirit enormously.
His brother, Seth, shares his quirkiness and honours him. People and businesses have rallied to continue the adventure of these reckless expressions of generosity…so there have been over 50 of these events…each posted on YouTube for the rest of us to enjoy that moment when the server realizes they can put 500 smackeroos in his/her pocket. He’s going to each of the 50 states to do this…giving the server the money, explaining the story, giving them a book of the story of Aaron along with a replica of the note given to the server that first time, and blogging about it.
This story makes me happy…happy to see Aaron’s family find ways to remember him by celebrating him even as they continue to be so very sad at the hole that is in their lives because he has gone.
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