Jack York recalls a drive with a passenger in their late nineties. The ride lasted less than an hour, and there was no elaborate destination or structured activity: just a casual ride, a shared presence, a passing moment. Yet at the end of it, the passenger told him that it had been the most meaningful experience they had had that year.
For York, founder of TaleGate, the weight of that statement lingered, and he has heard it dozens of times throughout his journey. "If an hour in a car with a stranger can become the highlight of someone's year, we have to ask ourselves what has gone missing," he says. "Not in their lives, but in how we show up for them."
