Encouraging people to live their dreams
Travelling on train from Leeds sat down opposite lad with builders boots on, plaster splattered clothes and kit back - I was wearing suit, stripey shirt and yellow tie - total contrast. Just said to the lad “long day?” And we struck up a conversation. He’d finished college and everywhere he’d tried had no jobs. He was doing jobbing work here and there. We exchanged a few ideas, talked about what some people were doing with properties and he was upbeat about making a go of it. He asked me about my work too .
We didn’t pray over his tool bag, I simply took the time to talk to a young lad who looked fed up by asking “long day?”
When I left him I wished him well and encouraged him to stick with it. He was blown away that someone from another generation with a job poles apart would take an interest in him. (15 mins that’s all on a train)
He was enthusiastic in his response, giving me the biggest thumbs up I’ve seen in ages and said “see you later mate”.
