Why should I read your emails?

“Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.”

~ Josh Billings

My friend Eric called me the other day.

I have not spoken to Eric in at least 3 years.

We send each other birthday greetings.

If he posts something to Facebook,I normally acknowledge it with a like.

After working with each other for 15 years, our paths parted ways as we both moved forward in life.

He reached out seeking some information, and we both acknowledged that it was time to grab a coffee and catch up.

While a firm date has not been set yet, we do have a basic plan.

Before hanging up he asked me "by the way.....tell me why I should be reading your emails?"

Huh?

No one has ever asked me that before.

"I get hundreds of emails daily. I am busy. Why should I read your emails?"

I was completely at a loss for an answer.

And that's exactly how I responded to him.

I said I have no idea why.

I write because I love to write.

I invited him to become part of my email list way back when (he has been receiving my emails since I started writing).

At the time, he and I spoke on a daily basis, often 2 or 3 times a day.

It was only natural that I would have asked him to be one of the people supporting me as I took on the challenge of changing the direction of my life.

Admittedly,my writing has changed over the last 6 years (yes 6 years!).

Some of it is good.

Some of it maybe not so much.

Sometimes I write something that someone connects to.

Other times I am sure I have made some people uncomfortable.

One thing I am always concerned with is not coming of as someone telling anyone else how to live or what to do with their lives.

I write about me,my life, my challenges, my Journey and my experiences.

In the end I guess the only answer I could come up with was "I can't tell you why since I will never tell you what to do.

The next morning I received the following note from The Universe:

Ten thousand times a day, dear David,for ten thousand different reasons, angels share your story to inspire, comfort, and reassure the world's most able dreamers, thinkers, and lovers. 

Well, I'd want to know -

   The Universe

Maybe Eric should have asked The Universe instead of me!