Comments on: We Are All More Connected Than We Think

By: Audrey Scott

Audrey Scott — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:29:51 +0000

@Drew: I like that, “believe in making the most of opportunities that present themselves.” And I think you’re right, these opportunities occur more frequently the more open we are.

By: Drew

Drew — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 03:30:17 +0000

This is a great story! You have to ask yourself what it means, when something like that happens. I don’t believe in fate, per se, but I do believe in making the most of opportunities that present themselves, and indeed being open to seeing the opportunity in the first place..

By: Audrey Scott

Audrey Scott — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 14:58:52 +0000

@Alex: With more and more of us traveling around combined with social media and technology, the world is becoming smaller. And, hopefully with all this we learn about these experiences more and more.

By: alex

alex — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 05:08:43 +0000

What a wonderful story! It really shows how small the world is getting. I’m sure many of us have had similar things happen to us, but only very few of us will ever find out.

By: Audrey Scott

Audrey Scott — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 05:00:11 +0000

@Cara: I have to admit that I had forgotten about that necklace until Vina mentioned it. Then it brought me back to that time and place. Sometimes things are left or “misplaced” for a reason 🙂

@Tom: Vina’s letter was beautiful, wasn’t it? She has a talent with words and I’m so glad she decided to reach out.

@Jenna: Couldn’t agree more! We have so many opportunities each day to have personal exchanges with a positive force. Even when doing something mundane like errands or shopping, there are still opportunities to smile or greet someone that makes a small difference.

@Bama: Wow, can’t believe you ran into Fabricio in Guilin, China!! How great is that. Fabricio and his wife were our first couchsurfing hosts and they were some of the nicest people in the planet. Thanks so much for sharing this story. Love it.

By: Bama

Bama — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 05:21:03 +0000

Reading this email reminds me of an encounter I made with a stranger during my trip to China three months ago, and it has something to do with you! So, I was traveling with my best friend who speaks Manadarin and Spanish. When we were in Guilin in Southern China, we met a nice person from Uruguay. It turned out all of us were heading to the same destination, a small town two-hour bus ride away from Guilin. Long story short my friend and I got really close with this man. When we told him that we have travel blogs then he said to us about his experience of being a host to other travel bloggers who run a website called, guess what, Uncornered Market! He’s Fabricio, if you still remember him. So, we are indeed more connected than we think.

By: Jenna

Jenna — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 04:52:47 +0000

What a great story, and such a nice lesson that even the little exchanges we have with people on a daily basis are opportunities to let our grace and kindness shine. We all touch each other every day.

By: Tom @ Waegook Tom

Tom @ Waegook Tom — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:06:23 +0000

WOW, I love this story! What an incredible coincidence and how amazing that Vina remembered after all these years! I love things like this, and what beautiful words 🙂

By: Cara

Cara — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:09:01 +0000

Normally, the mantra is “leave the campground cleaner than you found it.” But that crystal necklace–left accidentally or intentionally in your Honda–was such a gift. It was a symbol of how Audrew touched Vina, and a neck-tingling detail for the rest of us. Thanks for sharing the story.

By: marius

marius — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:27:03 +0000

Such a grammatically perfect and well written email by Miss Vina Lustado makes me question why such captialization errors were made. This email seems contrived and very well shaped to your full circle theme and echoes the stylistic traits in your other posts.