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EARTH ANGELS & MAGIC MOMENTS
Hi, Nicholas. On a flight home from Washington
DC last night, I discovered that the woman sitting
beside me was on her way home from her husband’
s
funeral out of state. It turns out her husband was a
military veteran and had been ill before passing away. I
was in the same situation just over a year ago—on my
way home, alone, on a flight from my husband’s out-
of-state funeral. He had been ill and was a military
veteran also. I had the opportunity to encourage her
and share some important aspects of life I have learned
over the past year. I gave her my contact information—
inviting her for coffee or tea whenever she is ready.
Thank you for challenging me to assume rapport and
find common ground with strangers.
No-One Talks To Me Anymore
“One day at the grocery store I started speaking to
an elderly man in front of me,” Tarlan writes. “I made a
comment about the lovely produce he was buying and
he seemed surprised. When he was done checking-out,
he turned to me with a tear in his eye and said, ‘Thank
you for talking to me. No one talks to me anymore.
You’re very kind.’ I shed a tear thinking about it. It’
s so
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