Last Sunday, my husband and I were invited to a fancy cocktail party for a colleague of his that had just retired. He began the thanks speech by saying that we were there under false pretences. That it was not a celebration of his career, instead, it was a thanks to all those that supported his career journey! What a beautiful sentiment. Then he humbly went around the room sharing stories and insights of each person he had invited. My husband had become a friend through their mutual interest in exercise and they had formed a ‘plodders’ group to run together many years ago. The other 2 plodders were also there with their wives and the room had a lovely connected energy. In so many situations,