Jess, Nancy, and I drove home from Meg's house after thanksgiving on Friday night. We started getting our things out of the car and were greeted by 3 guys who wanted to help us with our bags. That night, I learned two amazing lessons. Be willing to go with the flow, and open your mouth.
Firstly: going with the flow.
We could have said thanks to those guys and moved on and gone to sleep, or we could have put our things upstairs and hung out. We chose option two. In those three guys we met one guy from Sandy, UT, another one from England (whoop whoop! Jess and I were very happy) and then a third guy from Singapore and Hawaii. So the six of us played cards and got to know each other. I loved that we turned a dull night into a fun one where we met 3 new people!
The second lesson: open your mouth.
If those guys hadn't offered to help none of the above would have happened. But I also observed how important it is to open your mouth when Nick, the American one, saw a girl walk past to the vending machine and he said, "Come play cards with us!" To my surprise she said yes! And suddenly there were 7 of us! We would never have met Lillie if Nick never said anything.
We played cards and a quiz game, and then at 12:30 we went for a burger at In 'N' Out! Going with the flow is so fun. So now we have four new friends: Danny, Clinton (who we call Clifford), Nick, and Lillie.
Funny how if we were just a second earlier or later leaving Meg's house we would never have met them, and none of those events would have occurred last night. I don't believe in coincidences. I believe that a lesson is hidden in each encounter, and we can only learn it if we make the most of each situation.
So open your eyes, then open your mouth, and go with the flow!
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