The Kindness of Looking Out for Each Other

"Individual commitment to a group effort -- that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work."
― Vince Lombardi

I recently attended an evening meeting of a board on which I serve.  A few minutes late, I walked in as quietly as possible.  Although there were several seats available at the end of the table, another woman on the board moved her purse from the seat next to her, so that I could sit.  An agenda and some other materials had been distributed, but I did not have them.  This same woman got up to get me the materials.  When I thanked her, she said, "We have to stick together -- we're a team."  I wasn't sure what team she meant -- maybe we were the working moms team or the board team or just the people team.  But whatever team we were on, it felt nice that she was looking out for me.