Throughout my life I have met people, some extraordinary and some not so. When I worked for a Christian radio station, I interviewed most of the religious leaders of major denominations in the US. I have met and talked to many major Evangelists from around the world. I have talked to presidential candidates and leaders of the Nation Right to Life organization. I have spoken to many influential business men. They all had something in common. Many were wealthy individuals and some weren’t. Many of the people I talked to were educated, but not all of them. When I started interviewing or talking to people, I didn’t treat them differently. I spoke with respect and kindness to each of them. But I didn’t use any difference with them. I didn’t try to curry favor with anyone. And guess what happened? They treated me with respect. I was expecting them to be aloof or entitled. But it never happened. It surprised me to say the least, but I enjoyed talking to them.

I found gold in those interviews and talks that glittered all the same. It wasn’t that I got to meet those people or were in there presence. It was that they spoke to me as a decent human being, with respect and kindness. The conversations were interesting and I learn many things. But it was the decency of each person toward me that struck me the most. In these days of power dynamics, corporate structures and hierarchy, people tend to lose the nature of being decent to one another. This is the gold that glitters that everyone can see.

Crain Blanchard.

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