no comment, well, not yet anyway, about your article today, except I've heard that before, if you choose not to decide, you've made a choice... what I do want to say is thinking about an article you've recently posted about talking to folks. Randomly having short conversations w/ strangers. Yesterday this happened to/for me. I went to Costco & I arrived a bit before they opened, & the spot I usually like to park in, 'cause it's right next to the cart drop off, was taken by a couple who had just arrived & getting their young child out. I waited to pull in next to them - there weren't any other cars that I would bother. I was behind them before the doors opened, so we had about 10 minutes to talk, which he started by saying, "I like your car." I smiled and said, "I do too." He said, "How fast does it go?" I said, "I haven't found out, but it gets going fast, quickly & they call it a race car w/ a license plate." I told him it's the first new car I've had in 37 or so yrs & I got it for the safety features & described what the salesman had me do on the test drive. Then we talked about kid stuff, lots of kid stuff. The little girl w/ them was about 3 & had huge brown eyes & was staring at me the whole time. I'd give her a quick wink & continue talking to her mom & dad. She smiled back at one point. They also have a 4 yr old in preK. As the door opened, he said, "It was fun talk'n to ya." I said, "It was fun talk'n to y'all, too." Not that it matters, but they were a different race.
And sometimes by not choosing a new path, you realize you're already doing what you were meant to do. Or maybe that's just me, 20 years into a career and still unsure if it was the right one because it wasn't the one I envisioned growing up. It was! I just didn't feel it yet. Once I did, the pieces all fit and happiness was mine.
no comment, well, not yet anyway, about your article today, except I've heard that before, if you choose not to decide, you've made a choice... what I do want to say is thinking about an article you've recently posted about talking to folks. Randomly having short conversations w/ strangers. Yesterday this happened to/for me. I went to Costco & I arrived a bit before they opened, & the spot I usually like to park in, 'cause it's right next to the cart drop off, was taken by a couple who had just arrived & getting their young child out. I waited to pull in next to them - there weren't any other cars that I would bother. I was behind them before the doors opened, so we had about 10 minutes to talk, which he started by saying, "I like your car." I smiled and said, "I do too." He said, "How fast does it go?" I said, "I haven't found out, but it gets going fast, quickly & they call it a race car w/ a license plate." I told him it's the first new car I've had in 37 or so yrs & I got it for the safety features & described what the salesman had me do on the test drive. Then we talked about kid stuff, lots of kid stuff. The little girl w/ them was about 3 & had huge brown eyes & was staring at me the whole time. I'd give her a quick wink & continue talking to her mom & dad. She smiled back at one point. They also have a 4 yr old in preK. As the door opened, he said, "It was fun talk'n to ya." I said, "It was fun talk'n to y'all, too." Not that it matters, but they were a different race.
And sometimes by not choosing a new path, you realize you're already doing what you were meant to do. Or maybe that's just me, 20 years into a career and still unsure if it was the right one because it wasn't the one I envisioned growing up. It was! I just didn't feel it yet. Once I did, the pieces all fit and happiness was mine.