And he starts to stick the sticker inside my inside windshield, and I go to give him the five dollars. And my patience is kind of wearing, and I'm trying to be nice. He's like, "Mm-hmm, mm-hmm." Slow like only an old black guy can honestly be slow. And he says, "You go to school here?" “Yes, sir, in fact, I do. And he's sort of sizing me up, and he's looking around at the car, and he's talking to me, and he's making all this chitchat. And I couldn't figure why was he taking so long. He reminded me a lot of my older relatives, and he just kept taking his time. Never seen him before, because I had done this $5 parking thing a number of times now since I didn't have a permit. So back then things aren't automated, and there's a guy who's at the kiosk. Was I going to eat, or was I going to pay five dollars and get a spot in that parking lot? I decided I'd rather go hungry. I had five dollars, and I had to make a decision. I was stretched really thin, and I literally had five dollars. I was in a relationship and co-parenting a deaf child. I recall it was my first test in the Graduate School of Business. You're right next to Bel Air and Beverly Hills and all these very expensive neighborhoods. And that area in Los Angeles, you can't park on the street. I didn't know that you had to get your parking permit so much earlier, and I didn't have a parking permit. And I didn't know the system at the time. I was a first-year student at UCLA in the graduate school of management, now named the Anderson School of Business. It's not the most extravagant thing, but I do believe in all my life it's probably one of the things that has touched me the most, and it was actually from a stranger. The thing that really stands out for me the most isn't the largest thing. I can honestly say that I have been blessed through my life with people who have done many, many, many nice things for me.
We discuss the challenges of being a true creative and learning how to capitalize on your gifts. Deborah Johnson is a multi-talented artist, composer, author, and speaker. Enjoy this amazing discussion with a TRUE CREATOR.
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