The smallest gestures apparently matter of fact

Last night we were at a club.
While ordering our drinks from the bar, my friend Julian asked the bar-tender if there was a girl that worked there from Sacramento. Julian turned and told me that the last time we had been there, he met a girl who worked there that knew Paul Edwards (An old friend from college who passed through the revolving door of our lives). I responded with one of my typical canned "No Shit?" responses. The bartender pointed to the tall blonde dispenser of inebrated celebration and said "she did". Julian said, "Hey, aren't you from Sacramento?" She looked at us and screamed "OH MY GOD!!!! Hold on, come over here! Do you know that Paul is my boyfriend now? Do you know that we've been together for _______ (insert period of time)! I owe it all to you!!!"
Apparently, Julian had been making the typical casual bar talk with her. He had asked her where she was from and if she knew Paul. Now I know Julian very well. He is not the type of person to make such casual talk with alterior motives. While I was next to him cowering behind a bush stalking prey, he was getting to know the person that was pouring his drink. 99% of the time ordering a drink is a brief casual business exchange that is best kept brief and casual. But Julian's anamolous small gesture of sincerity made Tracy (The tall glass of blonde bartender) think about Paul (Our old revolving door friend). She texted him that distant night ages ago. Apparently, according to Tracy, they had always been attracted to eachother but had always been with other people. And being the respectful of the 'sanctity of relationships' people that Tracy and Paul are, nothing ever came of it. Julian's smallest gesture of genuine sincerity apparently mattered.
Last night Tracy told us that when she texted him, it was the first time these overly attractive people were not "in a relationship" status. Thanks to Julian making Tracy think of Paul, Tracy and Paul are currently "in a relationship status" with eachother. She told us that Paul had never told anyone "I Love You" before. But he had recently just said it to her. He also told his best friend that he was in love with her and was going to move to LA for her.
All too often, we're too preoccupied by our phones, or unconcerned with brief interactions that we figure won't really matter. Who could have known that asking someone where she was from and if she knew a mutual person could be the catalyst to love.

So the Fact of the Matter is...
That what doesn't happen is fiction.
The choices that we make are the substance and matter of what becomes fact.
The tiniest microcosmic momments of the soul choosing action are your 'will' making what will be.
Julian's genuine effort for conversation, interwove the thread of Tracy's life together with the thread of Paul's timeline. We are the tailors of our own destiny, weaving the fabric of space and time itself. The connections that we make define whether the universe will resemble the finest taffeta silk while the ones that we break unravel us all into a tattered wool sweater hanging in the thrift store of God's closet.
So make the extra effort for your fellow man...
Because apparently even the smallest gestures matter.
And that is a fact.

So...Where are you from,

-MM