opportunity???
About a month ago I was with friends in Palm Springs. On the way back we tried to catch an earlier flight on standby. 3 of us got called up. Steve & Kyle & I, 4 others didn't make it. In the commotion to figure out who got to get home at a decent hour, we lost one spot. Down to 2. I have nobody to get home to so I was planning on conceeding my seat anyway. So Steve & Kyle were gonna take the seats, Kyle hadn't been away from his son Brennan so he was a for sure. Steve is Steve, and based on coolness factor he was going too.
A woman came from the jetway all worked up that her ticket didn't work. That she had called a few hours earlier and gotten her ticket changed to the earlier flight. Evidently she had bad information and was booked on the late flight with the rest of us. She mentioned she had 4 kids at home and she would lose her job if she didn't get on this flight.
I looked at Steve without any knowledge if her claims were true or not, whether she would lose her job if she got home at 8:00 PM or 1:00 AM?, and said, "Opportunity??"
Response: "Love Wins!!"
Steve gave up his spot on the flight to her, she was gracious and got on the flight. We never got a chance to talk to her more about whether it was a scam or the truth. We'll take it as the truth. But I'd like to think love won that night as there were then complications with our tickets as we were locked in the middle of being transferred to the flight that was already landing in Minneapolis. Mine was sorted quickly with a re-print. Steve's took some time.
Seating assignments:
- I got front row bulkhead window seat. 3 feet of legroom and nobody in the middle seat. Plenty of room to sleep!
- Steve got upgraded to 1st class. Nothing more to say there…
I don't look for rewards for love. But I can't help but think the premium seating assignments were the tangible smile of Jesus from a small sacrifice to love sombody. All I said was "opportunity"
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