The world wants to share with you

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?Tracy and I hang up a FaceTime call with some friends. It’s just after 8 PM on Easter Sunday and our next-door neighbors are hosting a dinner party. We joined for a brief time earlier, then left to take the call and walk our dog, Bernie.

“It’s late, but I think we should stop back over and say goodbye.” Tracy suggests.

I agree, grab a sweater and we walk out our patio door.

We approach a festive scene featuring a handful of friends from the neighborhood. Chatter about kids, restaurants, golf, business and vaccines fills the air.

Greg, the host, moved into the house a few months ago, but we haven’t seen each other much. He welcomes Tracy and me, then we get to chatting.

Greg mentions he’s worked in the medical industry for twenty years. Over the last few, his focus has shifted to empowering the consumer. His company specializes in science-based health treatments geared toward improving human performance (think stem cell therapy, DNA analysis, and customized diet and exercise plans). He believes in providing people many treatment options for their health.

Then I share a bit about The 5 Buckets, the newsletter and the Student of Intention community.

The exchange sparks a dynamic and fascinating discussion. Greg shares his perspective on the Socratic method of teaching. I had never heard of it and his use of it in business management proves interesting.

Next, he invites me to his office where he hands me six books that I “absolutely must read”. He suggests I read each one all the way through, then a second time taking notes.

I agree to read the books and do my best to take notes.

The conversation sticks with me for the next hour. I’m amazed such a thoughtful, passionate and learned human lives less than ten feet away and we hadn’t yet connected.

Brushing my teeth before bed, I stare into the bathroom mirror and think,

Truths are all around me.

Just a day prior, I went for an afternoon run to Balboa Pier. Instead of streaming music through my AirPods, I listen to Matthew McConaughey’s new book, Greenlights.

Halfway through the run, Matthew drops some gold:

How do we know when we cross a truth or a truth crosses us? I believe the truth is all around us all the time. The anonymous angels… the butterflies… the answers are always right there but we don’t always identify, grasp, hear, see or access them. Because we are not in the right place to.

He then recites the following prayer:

God, when I cross the truth, give me:

The awareness to receive it

The consciousness to recognize it

The presence to personalize it

The patience to preserve it

And the courage to live it

As I run north on Newport Boulevard, I reflect on how I position myself to receive truths… the answers, and the butterflies.

When I return to my house and take out my phone, I notice a text from my dad.

It shows the following picture along with the message, “Just sharing as it comes on my radar”:

Truths can show up next door, on my phone or amongst the words of a romantic comedy actor.

Truths are all around you too.

Are you aware enough to receive them?

Present enough to make them your own?

Courageous enough to live them?

Don’t worry. All that will come.

All you really need to do?

Listen.

The world wants to share with you.

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Don’t wait. Start small. Learn as you go.

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