Brad Meltzer

He's about five seconds ahead of me in the process.

And he walks out of the restroom and I'm about five steps behind him.

And he looks over at the janitor and he says,

Thanks for keeping it clean.

And it just strikes me, that moment of kindness, that Clark Kent moment of kindness.

And I start saying now, every time I go into any restroom in a fancy restaurant or in an airport bathroom, thank you for keeping it clean.

I mean, I'd never looked twice at the janitor, much less spoken to him.

But what I love about that story, Glenn, is that that guy who set it all in motion, I have no idea who he is.

He has no idea who I am or that I've been doing it.

But for 20 years now, I've been saying thank you for keeping it clean because of this one kind person.

What I love even more is my son started saying it because and not because I asked him.

He's just heard me do it.

And now he does it.

And I love the fact that you and I can have this moment about Superman or you can have this story about these soldiers, you know, that that we hear about.

And it's like life is like a boomerang.

Sometimes you throw it out there and then boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.

It comes back to you.

And so, you know, I love the fact that that's how the world works.

And this thing that you and I work to build and save and the Superman house that's so cool.

All these years later, I now get to write it.