Your Netflix Crossroads Of Destiny

Years ago, I worked at a suicide hotline.
All night I would have high stakes conversations
with people about their lives
and what they would do next.

For years, my focus was on helping people
when it was all on the line.
When there was no turning back.

As the years passed, I realized
"my big moments" focus
was thinking too small.

Why?
Because I limited
my best stuff to one giant conversation
when people were filled with adrenaline.
When fear was pounding at the door
waiting to come in.

That turned my best support
into a roll of the dice.

If a life is in your hands (and it always is)
you don't play games.

I now see the big conversations
in every small moment.
Maybe we talk about something small.
But it can be encouraging.
Or maybe I just listen.

Instead of stopping someone at the cliff,
maybe a caring conversation
keeps a person feeling cared about
miles before they ever even see a cliff.

Years ago someone said
something amazing to you
and you never forgot it.
Maybe it gave you strength
to hang on a little longer.

Was it just one time?
Or do you remember other times?

Years ago someone said
something hurtful to you
and you never forgot it.
Maybe you were close to losing hope.

Was it just one time?
Or do you remember other times?

This is your tipping point
or breaking point
waiting to be revealed.

Sometimes there's a
tipping point that
gets you to happiness.
Sometimes there's a breaking point
that puts you in pain.

In every conversation you have,
you have so many ways
to change someone's life
in ways big and small.

Every single conversation
you have is a chance.

It's easier for some people
to believe they can make $100k in a month
than they can have a conversation
that changes a life.

What does that mean, anyway? Change a life? :)
Questions can help stall for more time.

I'm in a race with fate
to tip a few things in your favor.
Far away from the cliff.
Maybe you're doing the same
with people you care about.

If you are, my cryptic words
are crystal clear.
If not...Netflix? lol

Your kindness
will outlast everything.

Stay in the race.

Robert