{"id":1935,"date":"2025-05-05T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T15:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cheriperry.com\/TMCCoach\/?p=1935"},"modified":"2025-05-09T09:33:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T16:33:42","slug":"when-plans-fall-apart-and-smiles-fall-into-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cheriperry.com\/TMCCoach\/blog\/when-plans-fall-apart-and-smiles-fall-into-place\/","title":{"rendered":"When Plans Fall Apart\u2026 and Smiles Fall Into Place"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Today was supposed to go according to plan. <\/em><\/p>

I had an early flight to West Palm Beach, heading into a walk-through of a $47M+ company. <\/em><\/p>

It was meant to be a Gamechanger experience coordinated by Howard Partridge and the Inner Circle.<\/em><\/p>

But weather and airline logistics had other ideas.<\/em><\/p>

My connecting flights were cancelled. There were no reasonable options to make it in time.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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So instead of flying toward “opportunity,” I found myself grounded in Portland.<\/em><\/p>

But that\u2019s when the real purpose showed up.<\/em><\/p>

I stopped at a little airport bistro for breakfast. An older woman circled a few tables before sitting next to me. Her name was Karen\u2014not that Karen\u2014and she was delightful. We talked about travel, gratitude, and our kids. She gave me a small gift, and I shared a purple smiley pin with her.<\/em><\/p>

Then Sarah (with an H, of course!) served us. Full of joy, humor, and excellent service, she lit up the space. I left her a yellow smiley card. As I was leaving, she ran after me.<\/em><\/p>

She had seen her therapist the day before and prayed that people would notice her joy more than her anxiety. She said, \u201cThen you gave me the Smiley.\u201d<\/em><\/p>

On the way out, I passed a pianist playing “What a Wonderful Name It Is”. I caught myself singing, turned around, and tipped him. Quietly, I thanked the Big Guy upstairs.<\/em><\/p>

Sometimes God interrupts our carefully crafted agendas to orchestrate something even more impactful.<\/em><\/p>

We don\u2019t always need a boarding pass to arrive exactly where we\u2019re needed.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

Today, I was the one who was stranded\u2014but maybe I was exactly where I needed to be. And thanks to a few smiley face pins and a little intentional kindness, three lives were impacted.<\/em><\/p>

Not a wasted trip. Just a re-routed one.<\/em><\/p>

\u00a0~ Cheri Perry<\/p>

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