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Love how you shared your thought process as you explored this topic Vernon. Great use of examples to make different points come alive and really hit home. Beautifully written, a pleasure to read, and such a worthwhile topic to cover. As a teenager, I encountered some wonderful individuals who were willing to inconvenience themselves in order to show kindness to me. Decades later, I'm still incredibly grateful. One never knows the lasting impact an act of kindness, big or small, will have.

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Susan, it's so heartwarming to hear the positive impact that the kindness you received when you were young had on you. You are so right. We never know how that tiny bit of inconvenience will play out in someone else's life. Thanks for you contribution.

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In our shiny, Instagram lives; as leaders and trailblazers; as published people of prominence, sometimes a genuine: "How are you?" is literally all it takes to go from feeling invisible and utilitarian to being seen, heard, and valued -- simply as a fellow traveler and sensitive soul.

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Touché Anna Garleff, Touché.

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