It felt like serendipity, but I received a very kind message from a good friend in Australia on Sunday morning and another from Mary Jane Burke that seemed to be interconnected. In this podcast, I share about how Mary Jane’s kindness helped me through a challenging time, but I also wanted to share the original blog post that I reference in the podcast.  It was a tough one to get through, but I think it was good for me to share.

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As I am sitting on the plane, I receive the following tweet from one of the best people I know in the world, Mary Jane Burke:

Thanks to @gcouros! Marin Superintendents will be sharing your book far and wide! pic.twitter.com/bRPG38fFGc

— mary jane burke (@burkemaryjane) February 5, 2016

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Instant tears.

Although I was unbelievably honored by her sharing my book with others, there is something else that touched my heart in a tremendously powerful way. If you notice on each book, there is a heart-shaped rock tied to each one. That same heart was similar to the one that Mary Jane placed on a desk as I was talking to my mom in Marin County when my father had passed away suddenly, to try and comfort someone whose world was just destroyed.

MJ knows how much that small gesture meant to me in a time of such unbelievable grief, and I always think how lucky I was to be around someone so caring and relationship-focused when the unimaginable happened.

Interestingly enough, I am writing this as I sit in the same airport where I wrote about my dad passing away, and I was trying to get home.  The pain never becomes more comfortable; it just becomes different. That is the only way I know how to explain it.

I just wanted to thank Mary Jane for the constant support she has provided me and the special connection we have had because of what happened and how she has been so supportive. It truly means the world.

If you still don’t think a single tweet can say something meaningful, you might not be paying attention.

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Source: George Couros