These days hearing something good about a stranger you met at the airport is really odd, because airport is one of those places where everyone is in the hurry, everyone is thinking about something. It can about the flight they are going to catch or the things they are going to do once they reach their destination, etc. But no one thinks about others in the environment where people are really in a rush to go somewhere.
However, recently, a photo went viral on social media which will make you think about others more. The picture shared by Facebook user Kevin Armentrout showed a man teaching Kevin’s daughter how to draw, while they were waiting to board their flight.
With the picture Kevin also shared the whole story about the airport, he said, “Last night, while waiting to board our plane, @_carterjean_ was being her usual inquisitive self-wanting to meet and say “hi” to everyone she could, until she walked up on this man. He reached out and asked if she wanted to sit with him.”
Kevin later talked about how the two bonded over cartoons and snacks. “He pulled out his tablet and showed her how to draw with it, they watched cartoons together, and she offered him snacks. This wasn’t a short little exchange, this was 45 minutes.”
“Watching them in that moment, I couldn’t help but think, different genders, different races, different generations, and the best of friends. This is the world I want for her,” Armentrout added. “In a country that is continuously fed that it’s so deeply divided by beliefs, I want her life to be filled with moments like this… not liberal or conservative republican or democrat, socialist or capitalist, just HUMAN,” he added.
At the end, Kevin also added a message to the stranger he and his daughter met at the boarding place, “Joseph from @samsungus in Oklahoma, if this should happen to find you. Thank you for showing my daughter what kindness and compassion looks like. Continue to shine your light in the world. #HateIsLearned”
So far, the post has received more than 186,000 likes and has been shared more than 75,000 times on Facebook.
