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Jessica Rudeen shared her living nightmare of a situation on a flight when her two children, a 4-month-old son and a toddler daughter, started crying and screaming. “I honestly thought we’d get kicked off the plane,” Rudeen said. small act of kindness that impacted you in a significant way? The moment her daughter started kicking and screaming how she wanted to get off the plane, a stranger approached them in a totally random act of kindness and offered a helping hand. Todd, a Kansas resident, not only was helpful in dealing with the kids’ crying but also kept Jessica’s daughter, Caroline, busy and entertained throughout the flight. “By the end of the flight, he was Caroline’s best friend,” Rudeen explained and shared her pleasant disbelief of such good people existing. Todd even shared a connecting flight with the family, and walked along with them to their next flight, telling Jessica that she reminded him of his wife, who once also experienced a similar act of kindness from a stranger on an airplane flight. Credit - Dodi Zaku

Today I was picking up lunch for a doctor’s office. While I was waiting for my order and checking emails, I heard a man ask a woman, “I want to buy something to eat, but all I have is $5.” Curious, I looked up from my phone and noticed the man had a backpack and looked like he might be homeless or going through a hard time. As he looked at the menu, he quickly realized $5 might not be enough. The woman started giving him suggestions to help him stay within his budget. The man decided what toorder, and when she asked what he wanted to drink, she told him, “Don’t worry about it, your breakfast is on me.” I loved this moment for a few reasons. She could have easily asked a manager to handle it or avoided helping, but she didn’t. She simply said, “It’s on me.” She could have just given him water, taken his money, and moved on to the next customer, but she didn’t. She acted with kindness.I’ve worked in customer service for a long time and have been through excellent training programs like Dale Carnegie. Yet, in just a three-minute conversation, a woman named Karina at Chick-fil-A in Jackson, MS, taught me the true meaning of humility and caring for your customers. It’s not just the food that makes this place great. It’s people like Karina. Thank you. Credit: Robert Gooch