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We often fail to appreciate the profound power held inside the smallest
moments of our relationships as our days race by. I recently had something happen
that reminded me of the importance of slowing down, being present, “saying it,”
and tuning into your heart when it speaks to you.
A man sent me a Facebook message after hearing me speak, and asked me to
check out a memorial page for a family friend named Josh Woodruff. He felt that
Josh was the epitome of a person who lived his life to the fullest, and embodied the
#5SecondRule.
On an instinct, I clicked on the link to the memorial page on Facebook. The
first thing I saw was a post from a woman named Mary. It was a beautiful post
about the intimacy and connectedness we all want in life and how we pull back
from it for the silliest reasons. A week before Josh was killed by a hit-and-run driver
in New Orleans, Mary had seen him in the grocery store but “didn’t say anything to
him.” I’ll let her tell you the story:
