Skimming from the top

The easiest thing to do is to skim from the top. To take from what’s near the surface.

Food containers. Supply cabinets. Parts bins.

But we often do this with emotions, too, through banal conversation.

How have you been? How about this weather we're having?

We do this not just with strangers, but with friends and acquaintances we've known for years.

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Our connections could be so much deeper and more meaningful if we had the courage to dip just below the surface. To discuss passions. Dreams. Ted talks and blog posts. Podcasts. Books and travels.

Conversation could turn to illumination and transformation, if we let it.

So, let it. But don't start by telling. Start by asking.