Sometimes a stranger can greatly improve our day. A pleasant meeting with a stranger can comfort us when we were in trouble.
Once, I experienced a severe turbulence (气流颠簸) on the flight to Boston. Because of that, I was extremely scared. Anxiety and fear filled my heart. All the people on the flight seemed nervous, except my seatmate, who looked friendly and calm. Then, I turned to the woman next to me and said, "Hey, would you mind chatting with me for a few minutes? I'm really nervous."
"Sure. My name is Sue," the woman replied, smiling warmly. "What brings you to Boston?" I started to explain that I was on a business trip. Then the plane shook violently, and suddenly I said, "I might need to hold your hand too." Sue took my hand in both of hers, patted it, and held on tight.
When Sue Pernick took my hand on that scary flight to Boston, I almost wept (哭泣) with comfort. She was so calm and made me less frightened—"Yep, this is a little trouble, but we'll be on the ground safely soon," she told me—that I asked her what she did for a living. "I'm a retired P.E. teacher and I coached women's volleyball," she said. Immediately, I could see what an awesome coach she must have been.
Sue and I talked-about our families, our vacations, our love of the ocean—until the plane finally landed. Then the businessman sitting on the other side of her, who'd been silent the entire flight, remarked that he'd enjoyed our conversation. "It cleared my fear out," he said. "I was scared too. I wanted to hold Sue's hand!" When we said goodbye, I gave Sue a big hug and my e-mail address.
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A few days later, I received an e-mail.
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I decided to be a person like Sue.
