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Hello! Hello! Hello! Great to see you again!
Thanks a lot of joining me.
It's really exciting
to present to you
the next video:
"Life is Like a Broadway Play"
Oh by the way, my name is
Stephen.
Good to see you.
Have you noticed when you go to a play,
you have the star
and then we have the supporting characters?
The supporting characters - they come onto the stage
and they play a role
and then when they're finished, they leave.
We have other
characters
they come on the stage and they play a different role.
Just like life.
You are the star
and then you have to supporting characters
including people like that
your teacher,
your best friend,
brother, sister,
parents,
co-workers,
boss,
bully,
etc.
Each of those people
come onto the stage of your life
and they play a role.
I've noticed throughout my life that people
come in for a reason.
Often times we don't know why
I want to share an
amazing experience
that I had many years ago.
I was working at an airport.
My job was to fuel airplanes,
tow them,
help with customer service,
help the mechanic work on the planes,
and etcetera.
It was a really fun job.
But it was
difficult in the beginning.
My boss was a young man
I'll call him.....
Bob. It's not his real name.
He asked me not to use his name for professional reasons.
You'll understand why in a moment.
One of the things he had to teach me
was to transfer
fuel (aviation)
from the fuel farm.
They were big tanks
and it was my job to learn
how to transfer to the truck.
It involved complicated procedures.
I was transferring thousands and thousands and thousands of pounds of fuel.
So of course I was a little bit nervous.
Bob,
my boss,
was not patient with me.
His
style of management
was a little too much for me!
He was the kind of guy who was....a little bit...
too sure of himself.
He had a lot of confidence.
He was something like a cowboy.
He wasn't patient with me.
However
slowly
I showed him what I was capable of doing.
I eventually became a pilot.
He saw
what I was capable of doing.
and we actually became really good friends and we still are today.....still.
He and I would fly into different towns.
We would go out for lunch and then fly back.
We would take turns flying.
Maybe I would fly the first leg
and then Bob would fly the second leg, coming back.
One time we had an emergency at night, it was really scary!
It was his turn to fly.
Because the electrical system failed,
we couldn't see
the panel.
So my job was to help him navigate.
Obviously we made it home safe!
That showed
how far
he and I
have gone to work together as a team.
Eventually the airport management
collapsed.
They were losing money
and were forced to close
their operations.
So they laid off all the people
including me and Bob
and other other people.
I moved to Ohio.
Bob got married.
He got another job at another airport.
HIs wife got pregnant and they had a baby boy.
We kept in touch.
One day I received an email from him.
Bob,
my old boss.
He said,
"We, my wife and I, would like to fly to Ohio to visit with you."
"We have an announcement to make."
I said to myself, "Okay, sure." I told him "Come
anytime!"
So they flew in the following week.
We got together, we had breakfast.
We made small talk.
"What's up?" "How are you?"
"Anything new?"
Nothing big.
But I was sitting there thinking:
"Okay, when is the announcement coming?"
Uh
Bob, when he was finished with his breakfast,
I knew the time had come.
He had to tell me something.
So he put down his fork
and he got ready.
I noticed his eyes were moist - wet.
So I thought:
"Oh noooo!"
"Maybe he has to share some bad news with me or something!"
I thought, "What the hell could he tell me?"
"Does he have cancer?"
"Or are they getting divorced?"
I didn't know!
So Bob looked at me in the eyes and said,
"Remember I told you
my wife
got pregnant
and we had a baby boy?"
"Remember?" I said, "Yeah I remember."
He said, "Well, guess what?"
"My son
is deaf."
WOW!
Right at that moment
I knew the universe had come full circle!
My whole body was
covered in goose bumps!
I was shocked!
It took me a few minutes to recover.
And then I said to him, "Okay, what can I do for you?"
Bob said, "Well,
we came for some advice from you."
Honestly, I was surprised because
Bob, many years ago,
was not the kind of person that asked people for advice. He was too proud.
That was my.....
that was my.....impression of him.
But over the years he had changed a lot - obviously!
So I gave him a lot of credit.
Anyway, I shared my advice with him.
With the both of them
and then they left. That was it.
I thought about this for a few weeks after that. I realized "Ahhhhh......."
Life is like
a Broadway Play!
While I was working with him
I was not yet aware that I was his spiritual teacher.
But looking back
I realized that was my purpose
for
showing up in his life.
And he helped me also.
He helped me
learn how to "be."
If I....
If I remember correctly,
I didn't do anything to try to impress him.
I was just "being."
I just did the best I could.
I gave him
love where I could.
And he picked that up
I think.
So I helped him.
Anyway, the point I want to make
is that you never know
why people
come into your life......
to the stage of your life.
You just never know.
Oftentimes
we're there to help them with something
or they're in your life to help you with something.
Next time you have a hard time with a
person,
open you mind - open your heart
and "see."
Ask the universe,
"Okay,
"what can I learn from from this?"
You might be surprised!
Until next time, thanks for listening to me.