Check Paying....Paying it Forward

This week I happened to be home in the afternoon one day as a result of when my flight got me back home from Kansas City.  As a result I was watching The Ellen Degeneres Show and saw a segment featuring a woman who moved to Vermont for a fresh start after being out of work as a nurse for a period of time.

Once settled in Vermont the woman found a diner that felt like home and made her feel like a welcome part of the community.  On a recent day she was eating at the diner and, since she had won $500 on a scratch ticket, decided to pay the check for a father and son.  She did so and left for the day feeling good about her act of kindness. 

After she left, that father and son payed the tab for someone else.  By the end of that one day at the diner, more than forty groups had paid it forward and more than 90 meals were paid for.

The power of kindness!

Kansas City

This is my second week of travel in a row and I am in the middle of a deep freeze in Missouri and Kansas.  Had a couple days worth of meetings to attend and some great people to spend the time with but the cold was hard to adjust too.  Just saw on the local news that snow is blowing in over the weekend.

Figured that while I was in town I should spread a little kindness.  Left a few gifts in various spots just waiting for their finders.  The gifts were....

An angel that can be hung in an office cube, at home or even given to a dear friend.

A pack of festive tissues...

A festive scented candle... 

and a cheery pack of post it notes 

Tampa

A week ago I was in Tampa teaching a course for a few days.  I frequently travel and teach, and last week I had an outstanding group of thirty-four that made my work easy!  The group had flown in from all over the country, and proving what a small world it is, one participant from Kansas grew up one town over from me in the northeast.  When it came up in conversation we could hardly believe it!

When the time came to leave one of my dearest friends who is also the friend I have had the longest in life picked me up at my hotel and drove me to the airport with her family.  We had dinner at the airport and she and her husband and two children waved goodbye to me until I was out of sight.  I felt so blessed to have such a friend!  Her kindness to battle through traffic to pick me up and keep her children up past their bedtime was so appreciated.

Before I left town I left a couple gifts.

Here is the dry erase post it left in the lobby at one hotel....

And a notebook left in the women's restroom at another.

Hope the finders enjoyed!