# People.

By [wiljr](https://paragraph.com/@wiljr-2) · 2022-03-23

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It’s a crazy feeling when you realize how important _people_ are in our lives. Not a _specific person_. Or a _specific set of people_ like friends, family or colleagues.

Just _people_, in general.

Not in Zoom meetings.

Not on phone calls.

Not in WhatsApp groups or Discord or Slack or Tiktok or…

Those people you might bump into at the market. Or in a taxi. Or at the airport.

It might have been seeing them in person. Or maybe it was the camaraderie we were feeling in that moment. We were all trying to get to a destination and in that moment–however brief–we met.

I was reminded of this as we extended a recent weekend and collided with a number of people. Some we knew for decades. Some we knew for minutes.

At a restaurant. In a taxi. At an airport bar. In a backyard.

It was energizing. It was educational. It was fun!

From Montana to Minnesota to New York to North Carolina to Utah and back to Montana, we met _people_.

### The photo.

We were in New York City for 24 hours and headed to one of our favorite restaurants. Sitting at the bar, snacking on chips and sipping on a margarita.

The weather was beautiful. The restaurant was buzzing. And the streets were alive.

All at once.

![People: New York City.](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/288d32c158db494a00d5a5af35e1933751c5de161379f9de8a746e55b553e00a.jpg)

People: New York City.

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*Originally published on [wiljr](https://paragraph.com/@wiljr-2/people)*