Dear Reader,
We are extraordinarily com-plicated creatures — God’s most intricate invention. And yet, for all that complexity, there is a deep and simple yearning in each of us: to relate to one another. Where are you from? Me too. Where did you go to school? Me too. You ran cross country — varsity letter? Me too.
In every interaction, we reach for common ground, some shared thread that connects us to another human being.
When we’re out in the world facing life’s challenges, something powerful happens when someone takes them on alongside you. We bond — first mentally, then sometimes physically: a handshake, a hug, and sometimes something more. We want to be close. It is, at its core, what we are wired for.
But wait. All of that depends on where we are in life.
If we have already made commitments to others — a spouse, a family, a promise kept over years — those must come first. Impulsively trading them away for a moment of connection is not just unwise; it’s a wound to everyone involved, including yourself. The harder truth is that if you walk away from a promise once, is there anything to keep you from doing it again? Each time you do, you surrender a piece of your character — the part rooted in integrity.
So be “mind-close” to anyone and everyone you meet. On whatever path you walk, in the full kaleidoscope of daily human encounter, let people in. But when you consider crossing into the other kind of closeness, pause and take stock of what you’ve already built — what you’ve already become. Ninety-nine times out of a hundred, the trade-off simply isn’t worth it.
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