“People. People who need people. Are the luckiest people in the world.”
– Lyric from “People,” the most famous song from the musical “Funny Girl”
Four-and-a-half days in Austin, TX with my extraordinary wife was a good reminder that she is a people that I need. It was good to get away.
Look, I don’t like the song, and, since it came out 49 years ago, I’ve made fun of it as much as anyone has. And LOTS of people have made fun of it. That said, it fits my message. There are people of influence everywhere we look.
Who we hang around with. Who we look up to. Who we work for. Who we work with. Who we disagree with. Who we sell to. Who we buy from. Who we love.
As I considered this post, I tried to think of people who DON’T need other people, and I came up empty. The QB needs the linemen (and vice versa). The golfer needs the caddie. The chef needs the waitress. The teacher needs the students and the people who print the books. The surgeon needs the guy that made the scalpel and the anesthesiologist and the nurses and the lady who built the hospital and…
Maybe that means we’re all the luckiest people in the world. Maybe that means we ought to appreciate the people around us more. Maybe that’d make a difference.
Linda Fischer says
Steve,
Thanks, now I can’t get this song out of my head. You are so right. I would also add that the people we need in our lives come and go based on circumstances but those that have some kind of impact in our lives are never that far away whether in person or in spirit.
Linda
Steve Heston says
Well said!
Mick Kirisits says
Not “maybe” it would make a difference, it would FOR SURE MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!!