Helen The Land Lord
Posted by Matthew in Helen, Land Lord
I recently moved into a single bedroom apartment after living with roommates since I've been out of my parents house many years ago. I was about to sign the lease to my new place when I hesitated and told my prospective landlord Helen that I needed to think about it for the night. She looked at me a bit quizzically but told me " That's fine, if you need to think about it, you need to think about it". The next day I told her I would be taking the place. I told her I had just been nervous and wasn't sure if this was the place for me but had finally realized this was the best I had seen in my range.
Helen looked at me and said " I think you'll be very happy here." " You have to take chances in life. You can't have people hold you back." She began to tell me about her youth and moving to Los Angeles.." I had moved from New York and expected to find a job right away but things were tough. I finally got a job writing for George Burns...Do you know him?" I replied I had. " George told everyone that a women writer would never make as much money as a male writer would." " I wanted to prove him wrong so I saved up my money and bought my first building...a bit after that I bought my second, quit and never looked back". She told me she has had over 30 marriage proposals in her life but never said yes to those men. "They were going to hold me back" she said. In life you need someone who is going to go with you. " Matt, you're young, good looking, and smart...You've got to take chances"
This impromptu pep talk was the best conversation I have ever had with a landlord. I said thank you to her , got my keys and drove to work invigorated by my new landlord Helen.
