When the heart is engaged

What I love most is a great conversation.

A conversation that is real, that is raw and that is full of disclosures. It also needs to be full of provocative questions and challenges. The heart needs to be engaged. The conversation does not need to be heavy, in fact it can be deliciously light and full of laughs. But what it can't be, is superficial. There is no space for blah, blah, blah.

When the heart is engaged, this is for me, when the best chats take place.

It does not need to take long, in fact the inspiration for this post came from an incredibly short, 15 minutes journey to the airport. It was with my friend, African Queen, whom I have known for over 15 years and have not seen for months.

The distance did not matter, neither did the time spent together. We maxed out the 15 minutes and got to the stuff that could have taken others a week or even a lifetime to get to.

It was beautiful, it was pure and it was honest. There was no pretending, there was no posturing and there was no time for fluff.

It went straight to the core.

Thank you my African Queen. Thank you for enagaging your heart. And now for a cup of Rooibus!

Who do you like talking to most and what type of conversations are they?
Make sure you have one of them today. I intend to.