Letter 4535
On a long march, I encountered a stranger. They had been walking for days. None might have predicted we would meet, for our paths only crossed at this juncture. I had been delayed the prior day; our chance meeting was thus unplanned.
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Somehow we each stopped our walking. They shared the details of their journey. I did the same. I learned what the days were like at their village. I shared the news from ours.
My lone march became a joint effort, just for that moment.
Consider:
Can I be open to the unexpected today?
Reading:
❖ “We have a great deal more kindness than is ever spoken.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Friendship,” Essays: First Series (1841)
❖ “Conversation is the way humans naturally think together.” — Margaret J. Wheatley, Turning to One Another (2002)
❖ “Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” — Hebrews 13:2 (KJV)
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~B.R.
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