I’m not sure if anything gives me more joy than when worlds collide — that is, when some of your connections in relationships build their own between each other.
This week, I’m spending time with multiple friends from multiple streams of life who now work together. They serve as consultants and coaches for city governments to help them be more effective with performance data management and special projects. Simply put, they are rocking what they do and having a huge impact.
One of my best friends from high school co-founded a business with one of her closest friends in her city. They recently hired their first employee, and that, too, is a close friend and chosen family member who I met in a totally different state in another stage of life. (I introduced them, so we colloquially call me “the HR Department”).
This is joy for me. Do you also take pleasure when your worlds collide?
I love hanging out with them at the same time!
— Renee Roederer
Smuggling Grace 