I love interviewing and just being with people, listening into their hearts carefully, and honoring their stories. I used to work with elderly and dying folks—most of what i did, was just listen well to amazing stories! Somehow, just listening in love, brings so much mutual healing. People are worlds, worth encountering forever.

Often, when we are safe to unpacked our tales, be seen and heard, which is half of healing, we unfurl the nuances of our blessings to and into one another, in the safe container of listening and beholding one another well together. Depth dialogue is the place of healing. Each person needs to feel heard forever, every story worth telling eternally.

This fellow today, was coming off of teaching a younger lady to take great photos. Teaching her how to see the essence of daily scenes. “To hunt for the essential moments of a scene in love,” as he put it.

He’s worked with everyone from Dan Rather, Bob Costas, Charlie Rose, and other American and international interviewers; just last week, he interviewed Wayne Gretzky (the sport’s star), an autistic child who teaches others to play sports, then did a interview with former president, George W about his art. “The autistic child taught me the most.” Teachers are learners, which is one thing i’ve learned from listening to them over the years.

People blow me away, all they carry, and truly are. “I’ve had to put my memories in files to recall them all,” he said today. This fellow is a camera man for multiple networks over the years, with two sons, both of whom are artist from a new generation. “Their much faster than me tech-wise, but don’t always get the inner meaning of things, or have the patience to note it’s wisdom, or know how to find what really matters about each story. So we teach one another.”

He said, “I protected and encouraged them, encouraged their creative sight, and told them each day, I loved them, and meant it. They felt loved and safe. That’s the most rewarding experience so far in my life. He also told them how to find the implied narrative behind each photo they take. Care about what is really going on in each moment. Each person and tone. And see the photo before you take it in Love.” Nice line, and maybe this week’s favorite quote i overheard.

He enjoys most, at this season of life, imparting to younger people what he’s learned, and making their way easier and swifter. The generations rock when they serve one another in Love. His oldest son keeps telling him to write a book because he likes to teach. Even as we were sitting together today, he went over to instruct a young man how to play better pool. People are cool.

And this man is a great story teller, knows when to hold back on details, and when to add or intone them to create flow, texture and ambiance, or draw you into specifics which reveal the whole. He get’s how symbols work, that is. And how to connect with his audience. I learn so much by just listening in respect today from this fellow. People, when encountered well, really are the crown of creation, despite ourselves.

This fellow, has been the camera man on interviews with the most important world leaders and thinkers over the past 40 years of so. Nice to get to chat, and mainly just listen to him today. What a treasure chest. And, as I get older, each conversation becomes more and more sacred. And each generation’s gift, when carried well, blesses the whole story. Nice gift conversing with this fellow today.