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title: Just make the coffee
modified: 2026-06-10
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[Just Make the Coffee \| The Curiosity Chronicle](https://www.sahilbloom.com/newsletter/the-most-important-decision-of-your-life)
> I visited Matthew, the owner of Lucy’s Flour Shop a little while back. As I nibbled on an enormous chocolate chip cookie I began to tell him a story.
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> A few years back on a bitterly cold December evening, there was a visitation at the funeral home across the street from his bakery.
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> The people, bundled up in coats, scarves, and blankets were lined up around the building waiting to hug the family of the deceased.
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> Seemingly out of nowhere, a man showed up and began giving away hot coffee to the people outside. People who entered the funeral home with coffee in their hands whispered of a mysterious man handing out free coffee, and how much they appreciated it.
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> I looked at Matthew and said, “I have a suspicion that you were that man. Is that right?”
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> Matthew very humbly replied, “Yes, I felt so bad for them and wanted to do something, but all I could do was make coffee, so I made coffee.”
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> I responded that he blessed so many people that night by helping them warm up and by showing there’s good in the world. He added a positive note to a devastating situation.
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> I paused, then added, “That visitation was for my sixteen-year-old son. Thank you for being so kind.”
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> That conversation has stuck in my head since then:
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> “All I could do was make coffee, so I made coffee.”
