He felt like it was all falling apart. Problems loomed tall over his day, and his frustration at their numbers showed on his face. The people he had to work with were pitiful and seemed to deliberately foul his progress. He was on a roller coaster, the highs being hopelessness, and the lows worse than that.
One Saturday morning he decided to do something different. He took things off his schedule for the weekend and simplified his days. Then, while he had his calendar open, he did the same for his week.
He took a breath and looked out the window to the horizon. He asked ‘what is important to me?’ He sat there for a while. It was quiet.
When he got up he went to eat but decided to change up what he ate. Then he went outside for a walk. It turned into a jog in the woods.
When he came back he cleared his desktop. Then he tackled the garage. They had been bothering him for a while – maybe a year.
He called his daughter, and they caught up with a long conversation. He said, “I love you”. He texted four more people during the day, telling them he cared and thanking them.
Good, long sleep. Two nights in a row now.
On Monday he smiled at people at work, and they smiled back. He tackled a few nagging problems with ease and came up with creative inspiring ideas. His coworkers picked up on his energy.
His world had changed, simply because it was his reflection.
Love this 🙂
Thanks Larry! Appreciate all you do
This is great Larry, Thanks for this!
Loved this message today! Thanks Larry!
needed that today. Thank you.
Incredible context today as always!
This is really well written and the message is spot on. Thanks Larry.
I was listening to a podcast the other day and there was a great comment that made me think of Think Daily and you. It was around concept of the old saying “Is your glass half full or half empty” in terms of judging your view of the world. The speaker’s take on it was that half full or half empty is not nearly as important as realizing that the glass is refillable!