Penn State postman delivers lesson in happiness

Beloved Penn State postman Mike Herr has had a profound influence on the customers who've waited on his line at the post office over the years- simply by speaking to every one of those customers with genuine kindness. Mike lives by a simple motto– to always find something nice to say to someone. "You really have

Beloved Penn State postman Mike Herr has had a profound influence on the customers who've waited on his line at the post office over the years- simply by speaking to every one of those customers with genuine kindness. Mike lives by a simple motto– to always find something nice to say to someone. "You really have no idea who you're going to influence and when you're going to influence them… It was honestly his example that kind of taught me it's not what you do in life, but it's how you do it," says Michael Aitkenhead, who is now a high school teacher in Connecticut. When Aitkenhead was awarded teacher of the year in his district, he said in his speech, "The one person I'm always going to remember and probably taught me the most about life was actually Mike the Mailman."

CBS Evening News, 2/8/2013

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