Spread the Love - Keep the Change
November 15, 2008
Krissy Fasy
A scalper outside of Coors Field gives a father and son two World Series tickets-for free. A man pays the E-470 toll for himself and the 20 cars behind him. Strangers in a beat-up pickup truck give away free turkeys in Capitol Hill, just two days before Thanksgiving. These Robin Hoods don’t say much; they gently refuse payment and graciously accept thanks; they grin at your spluttering whys and press a weighty, grooved coin into your palm. “Karma,” they say, before fading into the crowd or the dark or the 5 o-clock traffic. And as the coin warms in your hand you decipher a website and a simple phrase: “Spread the love: Keep the change.” Welcome, friend, to the Karma Club. Read more
