Friday, August 26, 2011

Grateful for total strangers

Clouds over a Hong Kong sun rise

I really need to say this, to thank the Universe for looking after me: I am so thankful and grateful for total strangers.  In the last few months of traveling, much of it solo with two little girls, I have been helped by so many complete strangers.  There are so many genuinely lovely people out there. I can not thank them all enough.

So thank you all:
  • The lovely lady working at London airport passport control for letting Zoe and I in a shorter queue.
  • The three lovely London airport hotel shuttle bus drivers for helping us with our luggage to get on and off their buses. 
  • A kind man for helping me get Zoe and our bags to our hotel room.
  • Kind lady on the London tube offering her brand new bottle of water to Abbey who was thirsty.
  • So many kind people offering me and my pregnant friend Ruth their seats on the tube in London.
  • Mr Motorcycle courier for pointing me in the direction of the lift at 5am in the morning at Terminal 5 Heathrow airport.  I was walking in the wrong direction.  
  • People (in the same situation) offering me kind words when I was upset after we had been told quite unexpectedly that there were no staff seats available out of London.
  • The lovely passengers on a few of our flights for offering to help with our bags.
  • The lovely couple for staying with Abbey during the travelator mishap.
  • The same couple for helping push Zoe in the stroller so I could carry and comfort an upset Abbey.
  • The lovely 82 year old Great Granny sitting next to us on our flight out of Amsterdam: she kindly told me how well I travelled with my girls and she was impressed at how organised I was (it is always nice to hear kind words)
  • Same lovely 82 year old Great Granny sitting next to us ordering a red wine at breakfast just before we landed in Hong Kong.  It was really 12 midnight in European time where we had just left, but boy she made me chuckle - red wine when breakfast was being served with a gorgeous sunrise streaming through the airplane windows. 
Thank you, lovely strangers.  I am ever so grateful.

Have a lovely weekend peeps.

Cat.

6 comments:

  1. A lovely post. There are still decent people in the world.

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  2. People can be so kind (sorry Kamahl, but they can). I had a similar experience battling a baby heading interstate last month and the amount of people who went out of their way to help me was astounding. x

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  3. Hi Cat..a few kind people can make a huge difference. I am so pleased you found all those nice people on your journeys!

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  4. I just love that you have noted every single kindness.

    It must have meant the world to you. Aren't some people just the best?

    Hope you're settling in okay Cat. xx

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  5. There's nothing quite like the smile you get after a random act of kindness... the world needs more of it. Lovely things to be grateful for.
    I'm so pleased to have discovered your blog - it's such a beautiful, bright space... I look forward to reading mcuh more! xx

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  6. It just makes me happy knowing that the world goes on in this way. We sometimes forget that it does!

    Yay for you for appreciating the really important things, Cat. x

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Thank you for your comments. I always try to reply back to you and/or check out your blog, but some days this is not possible. Nice to meet you. Cat