Day 3,719

Growth:

There was a very interesting quote from Spin that really hit home this time around. In so many ways it’s part of the foundation of the concept of drifting along with life rather than acting on what is the most important things in our life. It’s not the most optimistic of quotes, but the honesty of it hits home during difficult times in which we attempt to lose ourselves in the busyness of life.

It was good to be busy, I reasoned, because when you were busy you were awash in the countless but comprehensible daily problems that crowd out pain an stifle remorse. That was healthy. That was a coping process. Or at least a delaying tactic. Useful but, alas, temporary. Because sooner or later the noise fades, the crowds disperse, and you go home to the burned-out lightbulb, the empty room, the unmade bed.

Robert Charles Wilson, Spin

Appreciation:

Sometimes we have the best laid plans. Sometimes we even give ourselves some wiggle room just to be safe. Even with the plan and the space, life throws us a curveball, or a dozen. All we can do is adjust, figure it all out, remember to breathe, and keep smiling.

If we’re lucky, we’ve got strong teammates surrounding us who do the same, who rise to the occasion and over achieve.

Today, I’m very grateful for the performance of those teammates!

Presence:

Getting 100% lost in a well told story is such a wonderful gift given us by an author. For a moment the story itself is reality, everything else fades into the distant background. In those fleeting moments we are free to experience a change in perspective, to see something old from a new perspective, an opportunity to grow and learn in ways we aren’t able to often in life.

What an epic experience, courtesy of a book!

Thanks!!!