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The Transcript
And there’s a young Fijian man sitting at this bus stop, and he’s got a couple of dozen eggs next to him.
And we get real close, and he just smiles bright, right at me.
And I smile back, and we were so close, you know, I said, hey, how’s it going? You know, what are you, waiting for a bus?
He said, no.
I actually just got off the bus.
And, I was confused. You know, I said, well, what are you doing? Why are you sitting here?
He’s like, I’m just enjoying the afternoon.
I couldn’t believe it. It was like… it was like a… like, my mind exploded.
And he knew it, he saw it on my face, and he said, you know, I’m delivering these eggs to someone, but I don’t have to be there for a while, and I’m just sitting here enjoying the sun and the breeze.
And that moment, I mean, it really changed things for me. You know, this experience here today is called the Return, but
That young man didn’t need to return.
He was already there.
Or, better said, he was already… right here.
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Mike Messeroff
Creator of The Return and Self-Hospitality™
Author of Dogs Get It: Advice I learned from my best friend
I love this, Mike- what an amazing perspective and reminder. It brought me back to another parable that you've likely heard and used before called "the Fisherman and the Business man". I go back to this every so often when I need to be reminded that more is not always better- and the present moment has everything we need. Here's the story in case you haven't read it- https://thestorytellers.com/the-businessman-and-the-fisherman/