Have you ever had those moments where you want to compulsively write down everything someone is telling you? I have a blue "Notes On Life" book. I wanted it today.
I went to coffee with one of the most life-giving people. Literally, she's insanely inspiring and basically just amazing. She's one of those people you want to learn from. As she was talking I wanted to store up all the words, grasp all she's talking about....look people, I just want to know how to soak it up. Someone please tell me. I mean it, how many of us come in contact with someone and learn everything we can from them? If you have, call me.
But here's the thing, I don't suggest walking around with a notebook scrambling to write everything down...the problem is that you forget to actually be with that person and somewhere you don't actually live. You just become a typewriter. Now, I am NOT saying don't write wisdom down. Do that. Really. Just write it on your heart and not only your paper.
I don't know why I'm instructing you on this. I just told you up there at first that I don't know how to do this. So forget it, do what you'd like.
I'd like to mention one more time how wonderful of a time I had. And I tried a new coffee that was part chocolate, part coconut. I think I died a little when I realized it was all gone. That good.
Embarrassing part of the day, when I went to throw my coffee cup away, I missed the trashcan and it bounced off and hit a guy who was dressed in a snazzy suit talking to some fancy people. He didn't smile at me understandingly when I apologized. Why would he sit by the trashcan anyway.
Moral(s) of the story: try new coffees, beware of men in suits next to trashcans, and learn all you can from the people around you. I think that's it.
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