Free Gifts for all Pacers

Pacers,

What I like most about the Pacers is the many amazing people I have come to know while pretending to be just running. Every person has a story that they have been working on, it is the story of their life. There are stories of triumphs and failures. There are the daily tribulations and small victories – how someone was helped by their efforts, and how they made misjudgments. I am almost always inspired by what I hear from my fellow Pacers. Seeing you all at the Rose Bowl has become an indispensable part of my life. Hearing your stories renews me with hope.

There is a point of view one can take that opens doors for seeing the extraordinary. It is called interest. There is a distinction that Is worth looking at, the difference between being interested and interesting. Try being interested for awhile and you’ll meet the most interesting people on earth.

It is one of those funny little paradoxes of life. By being interesting, people will will invariably be bored with you but by being interested you appear as fascinating. When my son was younger, He brought the strangest kids to the house. There were all manner of tattoos and piercings and story tellers and painfully quiet kids. They were trying so hard to be interesting and made for difficult conversations around the dinner table. Then there were the ones that just wanted to know everything, the curious ones who found joy in every detail of our lives. Those kids are the ones I keep in touch with. They’re just so interesting.

I hope you’ll take a few minutes to get the story of a Pacer who is unknown to you. People are like gifts, just waiting to be unwrapped – and inside there is a wonderful surprise. Go ahead, unwrap one!

Steve Smith