When I get into work in the mornings, the first conversation that I have is generally with a colleague of mine who works on the switchboard. The building design is kind of odd, and there is this random space that sits beside the staircase and looks out over the reception area. I call this random space “The Eagle’s Nest”.
So, I start every morning with a talk with my friend up in The Eagle’s Nest.
And talking with her is good – she seems to be getting things together, you know. And one of the things that I love about talking with her is that she is always calls me “young” and says she is invigorated by my “youth and energy”. That always makes me smile and laugh a bit ‘cuz, honestly, I don’t think of myself as “young”. Immature? Yes. Young? Nope.
The other things I love about talking with her is that she is getting her stuff together. She teaches me everyone morning that getting your life together is a constant process, something you never stop working on and trying to get together.
And she wears the most interesting colours. Today was all different animal prints. Leopard spots, tiger stripes.
And different people told me how good I looked today – my dress, how sexy I am and one person even used “hot”.
One time, coming back after getting another glass of water, someone left a curiously minty life saver on my chair.
And then, that same person called me up to make sure I found it!
I made him an orgami crane as a thank you – he was thrilled. The paper was blue with daisies. Very nice.
Later, my boss gave me some rockets.
Today, Thursday was made bearable by little things, tiny surprises, fleeting moments of kindness and positiveness.
A good kind of Thursday.
