Sunrise Coffee

First stop: Las Vegas, NV, USA

Before we begin discussing LOVE in PEOPLE, I must let you know that Las Vegas is my least favorite city in all of the United States. I have many reasons to not like it starting with a collection of only bad memories when previously visiting and ending with the fact that the city is dedicated to commercializing sex which perpetuates human trafficking, globally (the human rights topic that I am most passionate about). But, is there really a better challenge than to find LOVE in the city I hate the most? 

 So here we go! Sunrise Coffee. 

Prior to arriving here I looked up many blogs to find the best coffee shops to visit while I visited. Sunrise Coffee definitely hit many bloggers' lists. So naturally I went for coffee. My first LOVE impression occurred before I even got there. "Dogs welcome." I have a dog and I love taking her everywhere I go, if I can, including on adventures to coffee shops. But when the coffee shop advertises "dog welcome" there is a special sort of LOVE that sparks in me. The LOVE of PEOPLE including. Often, we in the U.S. get dogs as companions but we do not get to actually have them accompany us anywhere. Not having dogs in establishments is more often then not a good thing for sanitary reasons, i.e., my dalmatian sheds everywhere. But because our sweet pets cannot come with us, this means they get left at home. Left at home when we get coffee. Left at home when we go to work. Left at home more often than we thought. And then they get relegated from companion to breathing stuffed animal. Thus if I can bring my pup with me to get coffee, and you welcome it, there is a little bit of including LOVE puffed into the air. 

 However, the main impression of LOVE came from the barista who chose the wifi password. Yup, the wifi password. "Lovelyday." Wow. Just sit and take that in. 

The password could have been anything. "Coffee123," "Espresso2020," "SunriseCoffee!". But no. The password was "lovelyday." Some person at this fine establishment went out of their way to think of a phrase that may brighten the day of the asker. And when I ordered my coffee, there were at least fifteen people setting up shop and working. Fifteen people who asked for the wifi password. Fifteen people who were told "lovelyday." Almost as if the baristas were wishing each to have a lovely day while answering their simple question. There is so much power in the little words we choose when we interact with PEOPLE around us. Often we get hung up on the big moments that we miss the most important moments of LOVE in the smaller moments. Lovelyday. All one word. Sunrise Coffee did not miss the small moment, they as a PEOPLE serving coffee imparted a tiny phrase of LOVE into (at least) fifteen PEOPLE's day. 

And for that, how could we not discuss them?