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\"A<\/a>

A favorite tea (which always reminds me of my friend Sara, who first introduced me to Kusmi)<\/p><\/div>\n

Recently my office moved and I acquired a new set of colleagues, as well as gaining a new set of IT-related responsibilities.\u00a0 Such changes bring challenges–not the least of which is the necessity of solving problems with new-to-me team members.<\/p>\n

As a result of these changes, I found myself at my desk later than I’d expected tonite, trying to understand some messy data and longing for a crystal ball to appear to give some clarity to a process that was feeling really murky.<\/p>\n

And then a colleague came around the corner and offered me a cookie.\u00a0 It was a small gesture and a generous one given that he, too, was staying late and staring at that similarly messy data on his screen.\u00a0 But that moment of solidarity meant a lot and was so-so much bigger than a few carb-calories.\u00a0 In a very good way it reminded me of this night and the stranger who offered me a cookie at a moment when I was hopeless<\/a>.*<\/p>\n

It reminded me that I want to be the kind of a colleague who is always there with a cookie when the going gets rough. Because even at the hardest of times (and after the longest of work days), there is always space for kindness.<\/p>\n

*And because Proust<\/a> and because I also had a cup of tea at the ready to enjoy with my cookie…<\/em><\/p>\n

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