“Have you ever had a conversation with someone, and it takes over your thoughts and feelings for the rest of the day? Or the rest of the week? Maybe it was a positive conversation, or maybe it was negative. Maybe it even hurt your feelings a little, or it felt like the person was stepping on your toes in some way, calling you out on something. Either way, days go by, and you still just can’t stop thinking about that conversation for some reason. Weeks or months later, something happens, and you suddenly realize the message you were supposed to learn from that encounter. It’s no accident when that happens.”