Do You Rally Around Kindness?

Yesterday, I was still out of my apartment in NYC because of power outages caused by Hurricane Sandy.  I had to fly to Florida early in the am for a 7:30 flight. The taxi could not take the normal route because the tunnel was closed due to repairs from the hurricane and we arrived at the airport very close to boarding time.

I was struck by the kindness of a Jet Blue attendant.  I frantically told her my story and she said she would help me. She asked that I follow her and took me to the the front of a long line for security check-in, then smiled and left. She went beyond the call of duty and as a result, I was kinder to the people around me (not caught up with a fear thought about missing the plane).

I noticed that as I smiled to people who were helping us board the plane--they gave warm smiles back.

I was attending a Public Television conference of my distributor, American Public Television. My television show In Her Power is being released to stations in March for Women's History Month, and I am very excited. One of the program managers who has been a supporter of our work was so generous. I shared a lot of good conversation with people I hadn't seen in a few years. It was a great day.

And it started with a random act of kindness!