
Photo by Julia M Cameron
I walked into the AT&T store today where I hadn’t been for about a year. Luke, a young salesperson said, “Hi Paige.”
Last week I left some items at the end of my driveway in case anyone wanted them. I noticed they were gone and felt happy that they had found a new home. Two days later I got a thank you note in my mailbox.
I needed tech help with something annoying. For weeks, my phone would not sync with the mail app on my laptop. Each time I had 15 minutes to spare I would try to fix the issue, but always came up short. I tried one more time on Friday and Dan diagnosed my issue in minutes by asking a few incisive questions.
None of these deeds required any extra education, privilege or giftedness.
But I instantly considered these individuals exceedingly educated, accomplished and intelligent.