When I was a younger teen (yes, eons ago), I was at the local fair with all the younger kids because that's why you do. The local weather man J.J. Clarke was there doing the normal "reporting from the current event" routine. Between broadcast I went up to him to say hello. He was instantly cautious - I would assume that he's taken a lot of crap from random teenagers that walk up to him. I told him that I just wanted to be able to say that "I met J. J. Clarke". He instantly relaxed, laughed, and replied "Ya, that and two dollars will get you a cup of coffee".
That's really stuck with me - "... that and two dollars will get you a cup of coffee".
It feels like a good way to put into perspective just how important something is. That's a difficult thing to be able to do "in the moment". It can't be too important if it doesn't at least earn you a free coffee. And if you ever want a humbling experience, think about the stuff you do over the course of a week and ask yourself if someone would have bought you a coffee for that.
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