An early success story from my mental archive

I have had many success stories which I attribute to Tools.  I haven't written them down, however. Here is an early-on in Tools story  (one that sort of made me think I might be on the right track): 

A man was sitting at the bar in the restaurant where I work.  I came to pick up some drinks for a table.  He saw my arm and commented on the bracelet I was wearing—a cuff bracelet with a pattern of rivets across the front, very unisex and industrial-looking.  The bartender told him I had made the bracelet.  The man wanted to see it, so I handed it over.  He said he wanted to buy it; he liked the raised rivets and wondered about the pattern.

 I said, “It’s Braille. It spells the word LOVE.”

 “Oh my God, I have to have this bracelet!” he told me.   “My friend was in a motorcycle accident and lost his sight.  He is learning Braille now.  I wanted to get him a present or do something for him, but I didn’t really know what to do.  I think about him a lot, but I don’t know what to say.” 

Talk about a happy transaction!  He had found the perfect gift, and this was the first piece of jewelry I had ever sold to a stranger.

And I have a little fantasy about that friend who ended up owning the bracelet.  One day maybe he will be somewhere and some lovely other single person will say, “That’s a cool bracelet.  Does it mean anything?”

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