Tell me the most important thing that’s going on in your life right now. I heard this quasi-question posed on the radio last weekend and I thought to myself, “what a great question”. The source was Stuart MacLean in an unexpected phone conversation he had with a 15 year old man one day when Stuart dialed a wrong number while recording his radio show. You can hear the conversation that ensued via the January 8th, 2008 podcast of the show, The Vinyl Cafe. (Click on the link, scroll down until you find The Vinyl Cafe, then click some more.)
I imagine, if we were to review responses from a whole bunch of different folk, they would speak to the highs, lows, neutral times, miracles, tragedies, and sufferings that can be part of a person’s life. This makes me think a bit of the art project “PostSecret” where people are invited to create and send in a postcard anonymously, on which they share a secret. There is a wide range of secrets shared–some funny, quirky, happy, others troubling, some very sad. Is the most important thing going on in your life right now public, private, known by many others, a few, or by none?
Tell me the most important thing going on in your life right now. Perhaps here is a reminder of a gift we can offer to people we encounter and that others can offer to us: the invitation and opportunity to share something of significance right now–a great question and a willingness to listen well.
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