08-09-2006

Openness

I just got back from receiving the Peace Award at Asilomar.  While I was traveling, I had several interesting experiences which I will share under different headings so that they can be viewed per topic.

While I was in line boarding the plane a mother and her child were in front of me, and the daughter said to me, “I like your necklace.”

I said, “thank you, I like your sunglasses.”  Then she said, “My name is Sara, I’m 8 years old and I’m moving to Texas.”

“Wow, what an adventure,”  I said.  Then she continued to talk to me openly.  Then we boarded the plane.

 I was amazed how open she was with her life.  She didn’t worry about what I thought about what she was saying.  She was friendly.  She didn’t censor what she was saying.

Then I thought, what if we could all be so open in our conversations?  Especially with strangers?

 I know this is something I want to work on…

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