Delightful

This being Halloween week, it's fitting that I had a temp assignment assisting the president of a network focused on horror programming.

The four-day gig only lasted one day, since the exec determined he didn't need much help after all. But he gave the staffing agency "glowing reviews," I heard later. And he said this to me as I was leaving:

"It really was a pleasure today, come back anytime, I mean it. You have a delightful personality.  I hope it rubs off on the people in the other building; they need it over there."

(The parent company has divisions in different buildings in close proximity to each other.)

I swear I'm not being a #humblebrag. But his comments made me happy. They reminded me that I can -- and I'm supposed to -- change the culture wherever I go. I'd love my legacy to be that I helped change the way people treat each other in this industry. What, if anything, are we called to do but shine light in dark places?

More importantly, it signified that I am really, finally getting back to the old me. It might have taken a year, but me, just being me, actually can be "delightful."