“a greater life is pressing to be born.”

Your friends, long-lost relatives, even old relationships that have dwindled down may become the sources of inspiration you need. Each person serves a purpose: some will arrive at just the right time to cheer you on, while others are there to identify with the struggles you’re living. And even others will show up when you need them the most.

And isn’t that also the purest, most ambitious goal of meeting new people? That anything is possible on the other side of that next connection? That this stranger holds the key to a better career or a happier life?