{"id":77903,"date":"2025-07-01T13:34:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T12:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mindvalley.com\/?p=77903"},"modified":"2025-07-08T14:21:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T13:21:50","slug":"newsletter-wwkd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mindvalley.com\/blog\/newsletter-wwkd\/","title":{"rendered":"The John Wick guide to healing the world"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have a story to share today.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One that might shift your frequency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first day the COVID lockdown was finally lifted, I rushed to a little caf\u00e9 with a friend. Just the joy of being able to eat out again felt like a celebration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had to wait 20 minutes to get in. The place was packed. People stood outside, smiling behind their masks, desperate for a taste of normal life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you remember that time?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The world was still a little raw. A little awkward. But something inside all of us just wanted connection again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now here\u2019s where it gets\u2026 interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The service?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, let\u2019s just say the universe was testing us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First came the coffee.
And it was served at room temperature<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, in Northern Europe, \u201croom temperature\u201d means achingly cold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I flagged the waitress\u2014kindly\u2014and asked if I could get a fresh, hot one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She nodded. And then vanished into the void. No second cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then the food came.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had ordered an omelet with a side of guacamole.
Now, if you know me, you know this part already:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guacamole is sacred.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is the nectar of the gods. The green gold of civilization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So when my plate arrived\u2014without the guacamole\u2014part of me broke inside. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was low-key triggered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, my friend across the table was getting increasingly annoyed. The cold coffee. The missing guac. The delay. The forgotten request. The waitress barely looked up from her notepad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is ridiculous,\u201d she muttered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But here\u2019s the thing\u2014I wasn\u2019t mad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because earlier that morning, I had done my 6 Phase Meditation<\/strong>, and Phase 1\u2014Compassion<\/strong>\u2014had already shifted something in me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I took a breath. And I looked at the waitress\u2014really looked at her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That waitress had probably been jobless for three months.
We were all locked down. Restaurants were shut.
And like the rest of us, she was probably feeling painfully alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But unlike us, she may have had the added weight of worry:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where\u2019s the next paycheck coming from?
How will I take care of the kids?
What if the caf\u00e9 closes again next week?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now she\u2019s back on the job, wearing a mask over her nose and mouth for 10 straight hours in an overcrowded caf\u00e9.
And from the corner of her eye, she can see a line of 20 more customers outside, waiting to be seated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She\u2019s probably doing her best to keep up with a tidal wave of requests, all while quietly holding this terrifying truth in the back of her mind:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This could all disappear again.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So yeah. From that perspective?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was doing a hell of a job. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What if she hadn\u2019t worked in three months?
What if she was terrified of losing her job again?
What if she was carrying the weight of bills, kids, or long-haul COVID\u2026 and still showed up<\/em>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So when the bill came, I tipped her 20 euros on a 40-euro meal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My friend nearly choked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAre you serious? She messed up everything.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I just smiled and said, \u201cYeah. But she\u2019s still standing. And I respect that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We walked out of that caf\u00e9 a little more caffeinated\u2026 and a lot more compassionate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now here\u2019s where it gets interesting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I kept thinking about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not the guac. Okay, maybe the guac.
But mostly\u2014the power of that one choice.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The choice to see differently. To act<\/em> differently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then a bigger thought hit me:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why do we do this so rarely, when this is exactly what all our sacred texts ask of us?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What would Jesus do?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Jesus were in that caf\u00e9, He wouldn\u2019t be muttering under His breath.
He wouldn\u2019t be demanding a free meal.
He\u2019d smile. Tip. Maybe even bless her on the way out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re Muslim, maybe you\u2019d reflect on the principle of Zakat<\/strong>.
To give without expectation.
To see others through the eyes of mercy, not merit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But maybe religion isn\u2019t your thing. That\u2019s cool. You still need a compass, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So here\u2019s one I love\u2014equal parts spiritual and cinematic legend:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WWKD\u2014What Would Keanu Do?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Yes. That<\/em> Keanu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether it was his role as Neo in The Matrix<\/em>, the deadly but noble John Wick, or the ever-optimistic Ted in Bill & Ted\u2019s Excellent Adventure<\/em>\u2014Keanu Reeves is considered one of the nicest humans on Earth<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it\u2019s not just fan hype.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s the way he lives<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a man who\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n