Sometimes you have events happen in your life that force you to completely reevaluate how you view the world. Recently, I had one of these experiences while traveling to administer Social Media training to some of my work’s internal teams. During this trip I was unfortunately trapped for some time in the Jacksonville Airport. I was bitter about this time suck to say the least, but I chocked it up nothing more than the airlines inability to deliver quality service. That was until I received the letter below. I often say Social Media has changed my life, and the email I received stands as a testament of that. I hope you find it as inspiring as I did. I also hope it causes you to stop, think & perhaps reevaluate how you view negative events in your life.
Hi Anna,
Just wanted to take some time to say Thank you! Although you may not realize why (yet), you’ll soon understand. I met you last week in San Antonio during the Twitter Training on Friday the 16th. (I’m the person on FB without Friends …..lol)
You might remember that you shared with us about all the ‘bad’ stuff you encountered on your way to San Antonio for this training which caused a delay and therefore a cancellation in our training from the original date of Wednesday to Friday. Well, my regular day off is on Wednesdays which I had to change to Friday due to the original training. This particular week I had to take my mom to Nuevo Laredo (across the border) to get see the Dr. and get some medicine. Because of the original training, I canceled the Wednesday trip and ‘set it up’ for Friday which eventually did not happen because of the whole rescheduling done due to the delays you encountered………and I ended up going to Laredo on Wednesday after all. Well, this last Tuesday I found out that there was a big ‘fight’ between the drug cartels in Laredo. All this took place starting at 6am thru almost midnight………what’s worse is that it took place on the main road that I normally go thru. I’m extremely grateful that I (or my mom) were not there that Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m also grateful that I had the opportunity to meet the person that endured all the inconveniences for the sake of saving my life from a huge potential disaster! Often times, we endure things in life and don’t always find out the reason behind, sometimes we wonder or question why……………if you did either one of these…I think this would the answer.
So Again, Thank you ! ! ! ! ! and Happy Friday to you.
