A test at work some years ago revealed that one of my key personality themes is “Connectedness,” or the belief that everything is related. That sounds a bit new-agey but it’s true, I see patterns and connections among things. How could I not?
Today I talked to someone back in my hometown who is in a service industry. We had never met before, yet in the course of our conversation we determined:
- We went to the same high school.
- His brother and I went to grade school together.
- His brother’s college roommate and I sat next to one another when I worked at the newspaper.
Thank goodness the conversation ended before we discovered we are long-lost cousins.
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