"Positive Affect"

TV journalist and author Deborah Norville writes a powerful book on gratitude called "Thank You Power". It's a great read and one that I could have written including adding another chapter from tonight's wayward misadventures. A nameless man with a big heart personally escorted me to my hotel after finding me wandering aimlessly for 3 hours through his Arlington neighborhood. Frustrations were running high and all other alternatives were exhausted including having the hotel security manager come looking me. He gave up 45 minutes into his search. So, I sat sulking in my rental car prepping the front seat for a long night when my guardian angel came along and got to me to where I needed to be in less than 2 minutes. He drove a green van with a lead foot and a halo around his head. It wasn't much but I insisted he take a tip when he successfully lead me into the hotel parking lot. Boy, was I ever grateful! My "positive affect" skyrocked as the dopamine receptors in my cerebral frontal cortex rushed in. Let this be a lesson for anyone who thinks Mapquest and their own sense of directional prowess can get them anywhere and while your at it, read the book.