The Persistent Census-Taker

If we want to connect with people, we can be like the census taker who had driven many miles down a remote country road to reach a mountain cabin. As he pulled up, a woman sitting on the porch yelled at him, “We don’t want any. We’re not buying anything.” “I’m not selling anything,” the census taker said.

“I’m here to take the census.” “We don’t have one,” the woman said. “You don’t understand,” the census taker said. “We’re trying to find out how many people there are in the United States.” “Well,” she said, “you sure wasted your time driving out here to ask me, because I don’t have…