Lunch
I had lunch today
With a sort of new friend
A smarty
With cutes to match
We talked for a while
We had the time
Seems our order had issues
But the third plate was almost a charm
That aside
We had a pretty robust discussion
About topics that were personal
And different points of view
I was surprised by her thoughts
I probably shouldn’t have been
But it was really engaging
And quite enlightening too
You see in the past
I would have stuck to my guns
Thought my view had the merit
And that the alternate view was flawed
But this time I listened
Really listened and looked at her side
With a real interest
And took her notes with sincerity
In the moment
I was conscious of my listening
And how would I normally defend my ideas
Versus engaging and really trying to understand
I saw it as a test
Checking if everything I think I’ve learned lately
I could put into practice
To open my mind to really listen and see
For her
Well I don’t know
Lunch ended and we went on our way
I guess we’ll revisit it some time
No matter
Because through it I really found something inside
And that was the person I want to be
And that was pretty cool