I received the email below from my professional speaker colleague Barbara Glanz . Barbara wrote the book the Simple Truths of Service with Ken Blanchard about Johnny the Bagger. Barbara seems to find great inspirational stories where ever she go including this from her pastor in a recent sermon (I have pasted her email exactly as she sent it:)

My pastor told a story this Sunday that really touched my heart. He said he
was traveling on Delta from Atlanta to Sarasota, and although usually he is
in the very back of the plane, this time his boarding pass said zone one.
Being one of the first people on the plane, he got to do some wonderful
people watching as others were coming on board.

He was in the third row of coach, when soon a young man in uniform came in,
stowed his pack in the overhead bin, and sat in the row ahead of him. Another young lady was seated in that row, and he was able to hear a bit of their conversation. The young man told her that he had just finished a tour in Iraq, was coming home on leave, and then would go back in several weeks.

As they were talking, a woman who had been seated in first class, came back
to the young man’s row, introduced herself, and asked him for his boarding
pass. A bit puzzled, he handed it to her, at which point she, in turn,
handed hers to him. She said, “I would like to trade seats with you.”

The young man immediately responded, “Oh, no, Ma’am, I couldn’t do that.”

She smiled a huge smile and said, “Oh, yes, you can, Soldier. It’s an
order!”

So, as everyone around wiped teary eyes, the young man reached up for his
backpack and went up to sit in first class.

Just a few moments later, he said another woman came out of first class,
went down the row to another young soldier and said, “I just want to thank
you for serving our country. Would you please trade seats with me?”

And the end of the story is that by the time that plane took off, EVERY
SINGLE PERSON IN UNIFORM was sitting in first class!

What a testimony this is to the difference each of us can make every single
day in every single situation when we are in touch with our hearts! That
one act started a chain of kindness that touched every single life on that
plane that day.

How can YOU reach out to someone today to thank them for the difference they
are making?

Blessings,

Barbara

The only ones among you who will be truly happy are those who will have
sought and found how to serve. Albert Schweitzer

Tim Richardson is an inspirational speaker who speaks about how giving increases employee morale, lowers employee turnover, increases customer loyalty and creates higher profits for Fortune 500 companies, associations, and national conventions. He is the founder of the The Worlds Biggest Blog Party an event which will connect bloggers from all over the world to raise money for charity. He is also founder and president of the Bill Walter Melanoma Research Fund. For more information on Tim, go to www.TimRichardson.com