100 Business Days Out: Day 82 - Small Things

I remain amazed at how when your brain has room in it (like when you aren't stressed, aren't up against a deadline, or aren't all-consumed with one thing) that you can see the small things in life. Of course they are there all the time but the perspective is different when the foreground never lets you see in to the background. What brought me to this today was the realization that tonight at 9:00pm that it was dark. How could that be when just yesterday, it seemed, it was still light at 9:30pm. The days are getting shorter already which means that the summer is passing and that we will be heading home in less than a month. Even the light is starting to change with the mornings becoming a little crisper. It's hard to see the small changes in life when we let them speed past us. When we slow it down, we can start to see the increments that make up the bigger picture. And when we can do that, then we can start to appreciate and make the most of the here and now. How many times do we blink and the day is gone? We say, where did the day go? Meetings blend from one to another and conversations we had in the morning seem like distant memories by the end of the day. If I learn anything from this time away and out, is that turnning down the speed of a day by a notch or two is well worth it. Taking a moment or two from the day to stop and reflect makes the day much more clear. Marking time by things we want to remember and appreciate is just a better way. I mark this day as a bit shorter than yesterday and a little longer than tomorrow, which means I have to make even more of tomorrow than today, one small thing after another.