Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans: City Living: The run-ins continue

Thursday, October 31, 2013

City Living: The run-ins continue

I thought yesterday's edition of city living was exciting, since it's not everyday I share a cab with strangers and exchange business cards. But on just another average Wednesday (hump day!) after work, a long day of catching up on correspondence from my travels suddenly turned around.

The lesson of the day: Never underestimate where you'll run into or meet people.

On the L: Sprinting onto the Red Line after work around 6 p.m., I looked up and right next to me on the same car was a friend from Mizzou and one of his co-workers. We had just seen each other and caught up on the drive back to Chicago after Homecoming this past weekend, so it was a comical run-in. The train went by quickly hanging out, meeting his co-worker and realizing he went to Iowa State with my good friends Helen & Steve, and knew them from Greek life there. Small world!

On the street: While my roommate Hannah and I were walking to the Lakefront path for some evening exercise, I saw my high school choir teacher on the street. It was raining, but we gave each other a hug and said a quick hello!

It's always exciting to see familiar faces in Lakeview. Up next: seeing what random adventures or run-ins will occur on Halloween.

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"The best thing to hold onto in life is each other."

-Audrey Hepburn

"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others." -Ghandi

"The more you do, the more you learn."

-a box of raisins

"The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves." -Ray Kroc

"Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value."

-Albert Einstein

"There is little success where there is little laughter." -Andrew Carnegie

"Be the change you wish to see in the world." -Ghandi

“Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand." -Mark Twain

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"Ups and downs are part of all relationships." -another box of raisins

"Whatever you are, be a good one." —Abraham Lincoln

“If you want something done, ask a busy person.” –Lucille Ball

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"A goal without a plan is just a wish."

“Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you react to it.”

“Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.” -Jane Austen

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." -John Quincy Adams

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“Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.” -Albus Dumbledore

"Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection." -Mark Twain

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” –John Lennon

"Courtesy is the one coin you can never have too much of or be stingy with." -John Wanamaker

"Every experience, pleasant or unpleasant, is a lesson in disguise." -Carl Jung