Day Thirty: Six Degrees

                                                                                                                                       Photo Credit: Craig McDean

I often ask people who is the one person they would like to have a conversation with.  For years, I've thought Mos Def.  Charismatic, interesting, intelligent.  As this question arises in the final chapter of my book, I ask myself again - who would I like to meet.  If it's someone, anyone, living or dead, I think Paulo Coehlo, Leonard Cohen, Charles Bukowski, Henry Miller, Thich Nhat Hanh, Bruce Lee, the Dalai Lama.  Part of me wants to choose someone I could definitely meet, a sort of goal I could attain.  But I also know, perhaps, that's not the point.  Perhaps it's more to use my brain to come up with someone I admire.  To dream.  To align.  To imagine.  

I had long since wanted to meet Grande Mestre Nô, the grand master of capoeira angola.  I imagined and planned to some day visit Brazil to meet and train with him in Salvador or Florianópolis.  Then, remarkably, I found myself able to meet him in Seattle last year.  I know that when we hold space in our hearts to dream the possibility is also held in cosmic and literal space.  The universe propels us towards actuation.  A sort of forward moving engine that accelerates with or without our consent.  The phrase, "be careful what you wish for", comes to mind - as once the wish is made, the wheels are set in motion.  So, here again, I now ask, who would I like to meet now?  Who would you?

This question asks you to sit and ponder a dream.  I take it seriously because it may just happen.  If we are all just six degrees from meeting anyone in the world, who would you like to meet?  Whether or not you seek out those six degrees is irrelevant.  The point here, at least at first, is to simply hold room for the possibility of meeting someone.  It does not have to be someone famous - it could be a long-lost relative or someone who's doing work that you find interesting and want to know more about.  Who is your person?

Mine is Eminem.