I still get scared to talk to people. Im practicing more and more just starting conversations with strangers to improve my communication skills and also practice connecting and listening to people. Today I was in Starbucks and this man walked in and ours eyes met and he had such a wonderful smile and just was shining so much light. After he got his drink and got situated at his seat I went over and told him he had such a wonderful smile and asked him why he was so happy. He smiled in a big way and said that he had just come from chemo treatment and that he was happy because he believed that his cancer was teaching him to have gratitude and to be positive and that he was choosing to be alive and shine light. I sat down and we had one of the most life-changing conversations that I have ever had over the next hour. This man taught me so much. And I shared with him about Louise Hays book You can heal your life (which he had never heard of). He shared with me wisdom and I would share with him stuff I knew too. ANd at the end of the conversation he thanked me for being brave enough to come reach out to a stranger and for changing his life by reaching out. And he acknowledged me for my confidence and my skills of connecting and listening. And when I went out to my car I cried so hard because I realized he saw things in me that I havent felt like I had. And I also cried because I thought to myself, What if I hadnt gone and talked to that man? I wouldnt have changed his life and he wouldnt have changed mine.
Posted on: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 23:38:21 +0000
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