Happy Friday!In an earlier newsletter I wrote about visual intelligence and how I was trying to train myself to get better at seeing the little details in the world around me. I've been using our morning walks with Ellie to do that and recently it paid off in a surprising way.We were one street over from our house on a block we've walked many times before when I happened to look over and notice a strange shape behind my neighbor's fence. On further inspection it was revealed to be a GIANT TORTOISE living in our neighbor's backyard.I became kind of obsessed with it for the next couple of weeks and kept steering our walks past their house trying to catch a glimpse of it. Remembering my desire to catch up on experiences I might have missed out on and "the power of strangers" I wrote that perfect stranger a very nice card telling them I'd love to meet their tortoise if they were comfortable with it. I dropped it off in their mailbox and an hour later they texted me back and invited us over to meet Ted, their 30-year-old, one-hundred pound sulcata tortoise. It was a magical half-hour. Keep your eyes up and be willing to reach out and make those connections and maybe you too will get a chance to scritch a tortoise on the chin. This week is a collection of thoughts I had while learning from the masters.I hope you have a great weekend!