Your Fellow Human

What if you met a human for the first time today? No past experience, fears, or expectations, just a blank slate on what this could be?

Today I want to introduce you to Malcom, I met Malcom on the train compliments of his suitcase rolling its way over to me as the train took off. There’s something about interactions like this one that I feel like we all need to be reminded to take note of…

Malcom is the kind of person that will smile back when you pass him no the street, the kind of person that will pause and let conversation with a stranger happen, and the kind that values connection and others enough to ask a question and make a friend 

I think the world would be a better place if we all took some advice from how Malcom views life. If we let ourselves see a passerby or stranger on the train as a chance to know someone…

We chat about what it means to be career driven with an overriding love for the unconditional love of family, why calling his favorite meal “the burger of France” is both accurate and a little insulting, and the sense of pride in what he does and how he gets to see it impact a student

He shares something a past employer told with him that changed how he sees and values not just his work but who he is, how the times in life that light a fire in us are exciting, filled with change, but still require action from us to bring them to fullness

We chat about how men are layered, how spending 3 min a day on something is an almost un attainable goal that he wishes we all hit more, and what he wishes people knew about the French

Malcom is one that doesn’t give advice lightly, one that has a sincere respect for what it means to be who we are, one that will put the work in to understand something and teach it with passion but never make someone feel less than as they learn, and one that I believe gives some of the best advice to be shared on this podcast

So tune in today and meet Malcom, a human that I believe reminds all of us to live in the reality of what our day to day interactions are, to base our judgment of self and others on what takes place in the real world, and to remember that online isn’t always the most accurate place to be 

And to you Malcom thank you, thank you for being someone open to connection with others, someone willing to share time, allow me to get to know you, for the gentle and joy filled way you approach life, and the reminder to value those in our lives that are nothing like us. Happy to call you a friend