how to: be relevant.

Curious title for a blog here, isn't it?

But I've discovered a 'secret' about life (that maybe you already know too).

Now, I didn't know this secret when I was bit younger.

Like the time I started to work at a youth drop-in and wondered "how will I relate?"

Or, when our friends started having kids (before we were even on that wagon).. and we thought "ugh! We are NOT kid people.. how can we connect?"

Or, maybe it was when we'd visit our Grandma... and I'd see other seniors slouched in the halls and not know where to start with a conversation.

Old, or young.  Rich, or poor.  Teenagers, or toddlers.

We all can struggle with knowing how to 'connect' or even feel relevant to other demographics and generations around us it seems.

So what's the secret I've discovered, that makes you able to connect with anyone on any level...?

LOVE.

 Both the old and the young can see it a mile away.

Even the teenager covered in goth makeup, or tattoos, or piercings... recognises when you see through them - to them - with respect and warmth.

That one inch thick surface that so many of us use to differentiate ourselves by... is filled with the same substance that unites all mankind.

A soul.

If we can look with the eyes of faith, the eyes of love, to see that soul in every one we meet... we would find ourselves connecting with many around us that we didn't feel 'relevant' enough to talk with.

We're not so very different after all.

Mel ;o)