Recently, I’ve had the privilege of going on a schools tour. The whole aim is to hit as many schools as you can in two weeks. It’s pretty amazing – we fly guest speakers out and have them speak at each school. We visit up to four schools a day, which is a lot when you have to work on each school’s schedule.
This year, I had the privilege of driving one of the guest speakers around. At first, I was a bit hesitant because I don’t know Cape Town that well. The speaker was from the USA – easily one of the coolest people I’ve met. He’s a former pro basketballer who preachers about how he overcame some of his struggles. He does some of his basketball tricks in his talk as well.
Even though I only drove him around, for some reason we seemed to be really close. He became a good friend. It’s weird because he’s not like anyone else I’ve ever hosted – he’s a bit out there, but he is always positive, which is crazy because the stuff he struggled with actually took him out of his career as a pro baller.
His full name is Seth Franco; go ahead and look him up. He’s the most encouraging dude you will ever meet but he’s also the most real. I’m not sure how or why he’s happy but for some reason, he is always looking for the God moments.
I’ve learned a few things from Seth, one of them being to just love people. I’ve also learnt to never take for granted what a good gesture will do for someone. In his words: “Everybody wants to preach, but no one just does stuff for people.” To him that may have just been a throwaway line, but when I heard that, it changed the way I think, feel, and act towards people.
Godspeed.