And now your little boy. Standing in that hotel corridor with an enormous warmth filling him up. Because he did it — he walked out of that terrifying door of his room into the vast unknown. By himself. And it worked. He found kindness and his father’s always going on about that. It’s attached to Motl’s favourite word, empathy; he says that kindness requires empathy which requires imagination and many people in this world have it, many unexpected people, you just have to give them the chance and this lift lady has demonstrated it; she put herself into your son’s shoes and imagined what it must be like. And tried to help. And your boy can’t stop grinning with the stun of it. He’s standing here, all changed, one huge streak of grin, and then he’s off.
And for no reason I start skipping like a child.