Ted Kennedy and Relationships

This weekend, while I was taking a mini-vacation in Ft. Lauderdale with friends, I watched the coverage of Ted Kennedy's funeral. I was struck by how many people of the opposite political views said they considered him a friend. When you examine why this is true, it's because he established a very personal relationship with them. One person said that Ted Kennedy was always the first person to call in a crisis and say, "What can I do to help? What do you need?"

After all, he could not connect with some of these colleagues on a political level, so he did it on a personal level. There's the lesson for all of us; no matter how different someone may be from us, we can all connect on the most basic, human level.