Who the Heck is William Bell?

I would like to introduce you to William Bell, but the only problem with that rather simple plan is that William is somewhat of an enigma, so he’s not easily introduced nor described. 

 Nevertheless, I shall persevere, as many people have expressed curiosity about him.

 I would describe William as a life facilitator – my words, not his.  He hates the term, but grudgingly admits that he doesn’t have a better term.  No, he doesn’t facilitate meetings.  He is certainly not a life coach nor counselor.  And William is right:  “Life facilitator” doesn’t begin to explain who he is or what he does, both of which defy description. 

 William is William – his own unique brand of human.  Perhaps another way of putting it is that he takes “human” to a new level. And an ideal adjective to describe him is “quirky.”

 Physically, William offers a commanding presence.  He’s tall and slender with very long fingers and very big feet.  But he is lithe and nimble; he can appear or disappear in a blink of an eye.  But William would scoff at physical prowess, because his mental capabilities are what really matter to him. 

 For William is a true intellectual.  While he enjoys the arts as an element in a balanced life, he has simply too many brain cells to waste his time in any sort of activity that didn’t require copious amounts of intellectual activity.  I do believe that William has equal skill using both the right and left sides of his brain; I would bet he even can proactively and consciously go back and forth between them, depending on what he’s trying to accomplish at any given moment.

 So how does this tall commanding presence use all that brain power? 

 William came up with a grand concept many years ago.  He decided that he would offer services to individuals and organizations long before they asked for them.  Put a different way, he anticipates needs.  In fact, if asked to provide X or Y, he simply would decline because there would be no fun in that.  Examples you demand?  Certainly.

 A struggling young author, for example, received career counsel from William.  Did he want career counsel?  No.  Did he ask for counsel?  No.  How then did William determine that he needed said counsel and provide it in a valuable sort of way?  Well, I won’t tell all of his secrets!  But I will say that the struggling young author didn’t even know he was a struggling young author.  He thought he was an advertising director.  Little did he know.  And he wasn’t too pleased to find out that William had created a television ad for the company which led to his firing as advertising director.  That must have been a delicate conversation!  Mind you, William wasn’t asked to create that ad; he just imagined it, produced it and sent it in.  I mean, really, who does things like that?

 Or how about the newly-widowed woman who deep down didn’t really love her husband?  She dreams of houses and happens upon William in the most unusual way.  He’s even able to help someone he’s hired to help him – his attorney.  That certainly offers a dicey balancing act.

 How does he do the fascinating things he does?  That’s the million dollar question, isn’t it?  It would be easy to stereotype him as half psychic, half psychologist and half genius.  Whoops! That’s too many halves, isn’t it?  Yes, that just about explains it.  But he reveals very little about his background. 

 In sum, William is a brilliant eccentric, with a good soul.  His intentions are fairly pure and positive.  I’m convinced the world could do well with a few Williams around.  At least I think that’s the case.

 As he likes to say, “until next time.”