Compliments and Encouragement

One of the best compliments I ever received from anyone was that they found me "marvelously interesting".

The person that I received this compliment from is a friend of mine that I met while working at Caribou Coffee in the Chicago suburbs whose name is Tom. I met Tom as I met just about any other customer that came into the store- he brought in his book and laptop, ordered a cup of coffee, then sat down to read and write. One day while it was slow I began a conversation with Tom about what he was reading and writing, and from there we had a series of other conversations allowing me to get to know more about him as well as meeting and getting to know his partner Mark.

When I transfered to a Caribou in the city, these two friends of mine began making journeys down every once in a while to pop in and surprise me. When I told them about different ideas and such that I had running around in my head, what I was learning about in school and how I was hoping to apply it to my life, and how I used to write and blog a little bit, the two of them encouraged me to start doing so again.

So here I am. I started a new blog, as I am in a new part of my journey in life. I hope to write in here somewhat regularly about different adventures, life lessons, school lessons, or whatever it may be that I have going on in my life. And I hope that in some way, through writing, pictures, or stories that I post, others may find me marvelously (or even just slightly) interesting as well.


If not, your loss.