Persevering Paige

1/1/18

This weekend I ventured to New York City for New Years celebrations. It was my first time in the city known as the Big Apple, it was also the coldest NYE on record since 1962. Everyone talks about New York City, and to someone who has never been, it can seem a little frightening. They tell you things like don’t trust anyone, stay with your group, etc. While I was there I saw so many sights; Times Square, the Rockettes, rotating restaurants above the city… yet the one thing that stuck with me most about my time there wasn’t the tall buildings, the flashing lights, or any show; it was the simple kindness I encountered. On the 31st after we had been out exploring, we could not get back into our hotel because the entire area was blocked off for security reasons. We had walked into so many barriers trying to get back and finally in desperation, we told an NYPD officer about our struggles. He could clearly see how cold and tired we were so he walked us back to our hotel personally. I believe he was a guardian angel placed in my path. In the train station today, our train was delayed indefinitely and I have been waiting in the train station for hours. My phone battery began to dwindle and when I tried to place my phone in a nearby outlet, it fell out immediately. The outlet wasn’t able to hold my charger so therefore my phone wouldn’t charge. An older man saw me struggling and said that if he used his luggage to hold my phone charger in that maybe the weight of it would keep my charger plugged in. Thankfully it worked. It’s as if the world wanted to remind me that kindness is always evident and that goodness will always always triumph, even in the least likely of places. And that the effect of simple kindness is long lasting. 💕