Yesterday I went along as a favour for a friend to speak at a Rotary lunch.
I understand that the people they usually have talking to them are either charity fundraisers looking for money or local dignitaries. Since I'm not a charity fundraiser, I guess that makes me a local dignitary.
I stepped in at short notice in place of a lady who was unable to attend. Apparently she was talking about underprivileged children so I was at least able to point to the fact that my husband frequently complains of being underprivileged in my treatment of him compared to how I treat my lovely cats.
Anyway, I digress (again), my point is that I had no agenda for being there other than helping out a friend, but isn't it funny how sometimes we end up where we need to be without realising it?
Shortly after I'd finished speaking and the lunch meeting drew to a close, one of the Rotarians who is something of a TV celebrity, approached to ask whether I'd done any cruise ship speaking. Strange how synchronicity works because this was the second time in a week that this topic had arisen.
It turned out that this gentleman does a fair bit of such speaking and when I expressed an interest he requested my card to pass on to his agent.
This reminded me of something I always used to do and had briefly forgotten. Whenever I find myself in a place with other people, even if I think there's no real benefit to be gained, I would set myself the task of finding the reason I was there. Try it. It will brighten up any dull event and make you appear more purposeful too.
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