Day 1 Recap
July 3, 2007 | by brett | Permalink
A lot of things went right on our first day. A lot of things went wrong. Let’s start with the “rights.”
We met the most compassionate man I have ever met in my life in Pamela Slim’s (our first interviewee) husband Daryl. Daryl is a Navajo Native American who shakes your hand by clasping both of his hands around yours. When he takes your hand, he closes his eyes as if he is in deep prayer for you…and then opens his eyes with a bright smile. He places his palm over his heart as if you had found a place there. And this is all at hello.
It was truly a pleasure to meet a man with so much love yesterday. We were absolutely honored to receive Daryl’s Native American blessing when he gathered the four of us in his living room and asked for us to put our palms out and face them towards the sky. Daryl took an eagle feather that had been passed down from his grandfather and proceeded to feather us from head to toe with his blessing for a safe journey, all while burning some sort of rope and saying something in Navajo.
It was very powerful.
We also had two successful events in Passion Hour and a Never Eat Alone Lunch. We had the pleasure of having lunch at the Duck & Decanter with Jenny, who recently graduated from the University of Arizona and does not like her job. Jenny also attended our Passion Hour event, where we had about twenty people drop by to check out the RV and see what Pursue the Passion is all about.
It was cool because we had one interviewee attend the event, one long lost friend from high school, one Never Eat Alone Lunch participant, and many friends join us for an hour of networking. Very good use of time, and I felt people actually took something positive away from it all.
This was great considering I had no idea what to expect from an event like Passion Hour.
Lastly, I learned a lot about people yesterday. I learned that when your air conditioning is not working, and if it is 112 degrees outside, people tend to get uneasy. People also don’t like to be rushed. There was a lot of uneasiness and rushing to get to all five of our interviews yesterday, and I learned that if our team is going to make it another 89 days, that I need to schedule things a little better, and get the A/C working.
No more crazy five interview days…three sounds much better and doable.
Wait until you hear about day 2…we have some surprises you will enjoy.
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Danielle Says:
July 3rd, 2007
hey guys, good luck on the A/C. 
Kelly G Says:
July 5th, 2007
What a great start! Love that you all received such a special blessing! Now, if only he had blessed the AC! Hope it is up and running soon . . . .112 sounds a bit rough!
Suzanne Says:
July 10th, 2007
Congratulations on your adventures and for meeting Darryl! I couldn’t agree with you more with both Darryl and Pam, they are truly two of the most sincerely happy people I have ever met. I have the utmost pleasure of working them once a week on a Monday, no less, and I can honestly say in 7 months, I have never dreaded one single Monday! Good luck on your travels and thanks for all of your inspiration!
Marcia Francois Says:
July 11th, 2007
I’m a big fan of Pam’s and Darryl sounds like a wonderful man! If I were in the US, I would definitely hook up with you guys.
Lots of love from South Africa
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