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Dave and I were out walking last night. It was our after-dinner walk. We have several routes that we can take,

depending on weather, what's going on, how we feel. There are longer walks,

there are shorter walks, and then there's what I would call a medium walk. And we had decided to take

between a short and medium walk last night. And that involves walking to the back of the

neighborhood, leaving the neighborhood and heading to a paved trail that runs alongside a lake,

and we can take that trail all the way to the center of town,

and then walk around the center of town or whatever.

We decided to walk to the end of the trail,

where it connects with a sidewalk, turn around, and come back.

I think it's about a mile.

And so as we were getting ready to leave the neighborhood, we noticed another couple who were also out on a walk. And they

were walking at the same pace as us, and we were going to basically connect at the trail at the same time.

If you're not an introvert, this probably is going to be a little far into you.

As an introvert, I'm starting to think, okay, this is going to feel awkward.

Do we want to walk with them? Do we want to quickly pivot and walk a different way and simply say hi and they go their way and we go our way?

My wife is not an introvert. And so for her, and I knew, I knew what she was thinking,

this will be an opportunity to connect with John and Mary and walk with them and talk with them.

And so I just leaned into it, just kind of rolled, rolled with it.

And that's what happened.

We hit the trail at the same time and ended up walking probably a half mile with John and

Mary, and it was delightful.

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