I have a friend who seems to run into people he knows everywhere he goes. He seems like the most connected person I know.
I laughed and asked him how he does it.
“How do you connect to so many people?”
He was at the airport and bumped into a friend from far away.
He said it’s not really a trick. It’s not like he knows more people than anyone else.
“I look up,” he said.
“I walk around and I actually take the time to look at people’s faces. I smile. Instead of looking looking, at my phone, I like to look around. When I do that, I see people walking by, and I take time to enjoy the crowd that I’m in.”
Most people just walk around looking down at their feet, or looking down at their phones. Even if they are up, looking around, they might be too full with things in their mind to actually see what’s in front of them.
We look inside of our phones and our devices for connection, and miss the world outside.
Look up, look up.
When you look around, catch someone’s eye.
Smile a bit. Be the person who gives a twinkle and a laugh. And then, when you see what’s in front of you, you might just bump into someone you know.
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