Does Every Interaction Have a Meaning? · The A.L.I.C.E. Method™

Does Every Interaction Have a Meaning?

I have a question for everyone here. Have you ever shared an interaction with a stranger that was ephemeral - transient - on the surface, yet left you strangely impressed or intrigued?

I was up the canyon in the mountains tonight getting fresh air, stargazing, and hoping to see a critter or two when a truck of young people screamed up the road and rolled down their window. The driver yelled out: "Is this Farmington Canyon???" "Yes, this is Farmington Canyon!", I confirmed. The driver, again: "Do you have a Zyn??" "No, I don't. Sorry!"

That was it. They went on their way and I drove off the dirt pullout back onto the road and out of the canyon. There wasn't much depth to the interaction. Yet, I felt that more than a few words had been shared...something invisible, yet tangible. A feeling. A bodily response. A survival instinct, staying on my guard, yet simultaneous joy in the aftermath of such an unexpectedly amusing interaction.

Is there an invisible substance underlying our exchanges with others, no matter the 'what' or the 'why' of the conversation? A hidden purpose in the communication act itself?

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