What is Fair?

Simmy sat down to think about... fairness.
"What is fair?" Simmy mumbled.
Many much greater people have applied themselves to this question but it is asked more times than many other questions.
Just yesterday, Simmy had been informed that an 18 month old baby had died of cancer. The 20 year old Mom was likely asking, or maybe not asking so much as saying 'this is not fair...,' or maybe even shouting it.
I think most people would agree that this situation is unfair.

So,... how can we come up with a more workable question in a world that is unfair?
'How can I create some equality for someone today?' Maybe this is a helpful question.
Construction son had created some equality for Simmy yesterday.
The story goes like this... it is a simple, good story that demonstrates, 'How can I create some equality for someone today?' in one moment of time... for one young man... who has been gifted with the ability to think and feel and learn and observe and be present... and who has just enough information about a situation to choose... in that one moment, to bring a little equality to his Mom.

Hummer needs to go into the garage... where it was purchased.
Construction son happens to be working less than a hundred yards from this car dealership.
He volunteers to take it in and because this dealership is way across the city, it is a huge time and energy saver, for Simmy, if he does this.
He pulls into the garage just before 7 a.m. and hears someone holler, 'No car washes for vehicles today! The hot water tank just blew.' He pockets this information and walks across the parking lot to his job.
After a long day of work, he walks back across the parking lot and picks up the Hummer but he has to wait 45 minutes because it isn't ready. Inconvenience.
The dealership refuses to replace the door handles citing... 'This is the way these door handles perform.'
Simmy's version of that statement, 'We know the door handles of this Hummer are rubbish, you know the door handles of this Hummer are rubbish. We do not care if this Hummer is still under a full warranty. We will spray a little WD-40 on them and tell you we have fulfilled the warranty as, we have the power to do that. Oh, and, by the way, what are you going to do about it?'
Simmy struggled to come up with an answer... thinking, thinking, thinking, but then she thought... yes,... I do have a response... of course, I have a response...

The response on the right fulfills what Simmy felt she experienced from the car dealership and what she she thinks of their full warranty service... the perfect palindromic response.
Back to story...
Construction son drives the Hummer home after paying for the oil change... the price seemed a few dollars more than other places but, oh yes,... a can of WD-40 costs about $7.00... the door handles.
Somewhere in the half hour drive, all the information that construction son has about 'the crap his Mom is willing to do for others and the crappy way she is often treated' culminates into...
"I'm going to treat her to a full inside and outside cleaning of the Hummer."

Simmy heard the rather sturdy sub-woofers pull into the driveway. As the story unfolded, Simmy enjoyed hearing all the 'stuff' that had occurred to create this story. She repaid construction son for the oil change and thanked him for the car wash.
After a day of hearing the awful news that this little story started with, it was just the perfect thing to...
help a Mom feel loved... especially one who is trying to love others.
http://romancedesigner.blogspot.com/2010/12/department-of-waylaying-handle-it.html
At least I didn't use street vernacular this time... that's progress!