Every single person on this planet, no matter how dull, has most likely experienced something phenomenal at least once in their lives. Maybe they’ve been present for something historic, or met someone famous, or seen something that’s unexplainable or life-changing. Perhaps they themselves have set things in motion that have caused something amazing to occur. Everybody has at least one story.
A lot of times you can work with someone for years and never know what his or her story is, and then one day it comes out, and you never look at that person quite the same again. I love it when that happens. More and more, I look at people as if they are presents to be unwrapped. What will be inside? What incredible thing will I find out, simply by talking to them?
It makes me sad when I encounter someone who dismisses people out of hand. That little old lady over there may have been in the Dutch Underground during World War II. That man may have invented something simple that we use every single day. That boy may have rescued someone from a burning building. Don’t discount a person’s ability to be outstanding.
And then there are the everyday heroes, the ones who stay up all night with a sick child and yet work all day to feed that child. The people who battle chronic illness. The ones who bring covered dishes to your house when you’ve tragically lost a spouse. These people are fascinating, too, just because they carry on.
Everyone has a story. What’s yours?
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