How to Meet People Whereever You Go

Remember back to my earlier blog about the bus driver I met. Well he's an amazing guy. I sent him an e-mail and he responded a few days ago. Now I could be getting myself into trouble and maybe he's not just a nice guy but one who'd married and is seeking something other than friendship, but I guess I'm the trusting sort and I use my intuition about these kinds of things. Anyway, he called me and asked if I needed any furniture. He knows I'm unemployed and he has a household full of furniture that he wants to get rid of. I told him I could use a recliner. He said, "what kind". He had 3 of them. Well now I'm the proud owner of a new, used recliner that looks identical to the one I broke several years ago and it even matches my living room.

You just never know the kind of people you will meet. Being the connector I am, I'm constantly meeting and talking to people. That's really the best way to meet people. Who knows the next person you talk to standing in line could become you next best friend or even your partner. The universe delivers to us in strange, unpredictable ways.

Find Your Calling? Find a Muse!

So I have this new friend who has just catapulted her way into my life. It's not that I don't have friends but she is unusual. An amazing business woman and a great lover of life with a million interests, I feel so lucky. As she wants to help me figure out what I want to do with my life....you know the whole "find your calling deal". Here I'm 51, and I'm still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up. I do know my top strengths because there is a great book out there called, Now, Discover Your Strengths....I recently went to Amazon and found out that there is an updated version call Strengthfinder 2.0. Probably well worth the investment. For what it's worth my top strengths are Woo (Wins Others Over), Empathy, Communication, Connector, and Ideation. I'm still looking for the Thing.....and I guess I feel lucky to have found someone who wants to help me figure that out.