Hey there , in this episode I'm sharing a moment from a recent book club gathering I held with my book the Places when there Are Spaces , and one of the participants , someone who shared that she rarely makes time to read and doesn't usually talk about herself . Well , she shared something else that was so generous , vulnerable and profoundly human that I thought I'd share it here . I was genuinely humbled to witness it . What she revealed may have been deeply personal to her , but I have a feeling it's something many of us will recognize in ourselves . Let's take a listen .
Speaker 2I decided for the first time in my life to join a book club . I have never had the time to do it . I've always worked like 80 to 90 hours a week . I would pick up a book , read a couple of chapters , then not pick up a book for maybe weeks , possibly months , and then have to reread the chapters over again . So
it always seemed that it took me forever to finish a book .
Speaker 2So I decided that I was going to challenge myself , and as I started to read your book and I started to answer some of your questions , at first I was a bit uncomfortable . It might not seem right , but I do not like talking about myself and I do not necessarily like to go deep down inside of me . So I started to answer the questions just surfacely . Then I realized I was doing that and I said well , this isn't going to work , so you better just open up . So I started opening up and boy did I learn a lot about myself , and I should have realized a lot of these things at a very much younger age . So I'm hoping
to get everything and anything out of it .
Speaker 3Well , thank you so much for sharing . That's profound what you shared , and it's profoundly moving and vulnerable and I just want to honor you for that , because it's profoundly moving and vulnerable . And I just want to honor you for that because it's and to be witness and even catalyst in this case if I own it , you know , with the book to be involved in that with you , to have shared that or opened that up for you , it really means a lot . So , thank you , thank you so much .
Speaker 2Yeah , the chapter that I really liked was about tolerating things that used to bring you joy .
Speaker 3I was like oh man , she must have seen me .
Speaker 2What you wrote in here is something that impacts me . It's the fear of not being good enough . I was receiving it for whatever moment you were in , and so then it hit me , so I loved it .
Speaker 1I just
love the title of your book because that pause , that silence between interactions . So much is happening during that time .