“Pour God’s love out of you in pitcher
fulls, not thimbles.”
~ Shannon L. Alder
Whenever I
travel, I end up writing about kindnesses on the road. I think the reason that I find them so
meaningful is that when we travel alone, we are always with strangers and never
at home in the way that we are with family and close friends. Sometimes those random interactions with strangers
give us the connection to others we all need.
As I was
boarding a recent flight, a gentleman behind me helped stow my bag in the
overhead. It turned out that he was
sitting next to me. Before the flight
took off, I saw him unbuckle his seat belt and wondered what he was doing. He stood up to help a woman a couple of rows
ahead with her luggage. Not
surprisingly, when we landed, this same gentleman pulled my bag out of the
overhead and then placed my smaller bag on top of it. As the passengers were deplaning, I let a boy
of about 8 go in front of me. He turned
around with a big smile and thanked me.
Again, I was surprised, but happy to encounter so much kindness before 9
a.m.
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