"Life is at its best when it involves other people"

A thought by Leonard Sweet, (2012-03-13) from his book, Viral: How Social Networking Is Poised to Ignite Revival (p. 19). Random House, Inc.. Kindle Edition.

That is so true.

I am right now sitting at a Starbucks writing this. When many people find out that I spend a lot of my time at Starbucks they will usually say something about the coffee. And I want to jokingly say, “Oh, do they serve coffee?” I don’t come to Starbucks for the coffee, I come for the people. It is a place where I can connect with people. The truth is I have found that “life is at its best when it involves other people.” Have you found that out yet?

If you have spent any time on my 2 blogs, you know that I am retired. For 3 ½ years my wife Margaret worked at home. She would work but it also meant that we could have lunch together. In other words, she was accessible to me but now she works in an office. That means she leaves at 7 am and comes home at 6 pm five days a week. That gives me a lot of free time.

Now I have a computer at home and I have 2 TVs and I have a very comfortable chair right in front of one of those TVs and I’m retired but I have found that “life is at its best when it involves other people.” So I take my USA Today and LA Times in the morning and my Kindle and Dell Computer in the afternoon to Coffee Shops where people are.

I hear some people say how lonely they are because they are single. They lament the fact that they aren’t married but I say, that’s no excuse to be lonely. Find a Starbucks and get to know some people or join a small group at your church or find a book club at Barnes and Noble or take a class at the Community College or join the Choir at church or call 2 or 3 friends and make a weekly appointment to just get together. Remember I have found that “life is at its best when it involves other people.”

Another thing, don’t wait on them to come to you because they probably won’t. They are waiting on you to take the first step. And don’t use the excuse that you are shy. If you really understand that “life is at its best when it involves other people” then you will do whatever it takes to connect with other people.

By the way, I don’t own stock in Starbucks. I just care about you.

So where is your closest Starbucks?

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