The work day starts.. I walk down a busy street, jump on a crowded bus, walk a little more through a silent lane... Nothing to keep me company but road rage and thoughts from yesterday.
I walk into work and BANG.. I see a familiar desk, next to a familiar face and its warm. I know I go for coffee at 9:30am and everything will be fine.
Ok, so the point to that poetic story is that life doesn't have meaning unless it has something familiar in it, but it doesn't have meaning unless you find something unfamiliar to do.
I remember living in London wishing I could find a familiar coffee man, so, before work everyday I could gain a sense of belonging in such a busy atmosphere. To my disappointment everywhere I went had a different coffee man!? Even when I went to the same place everyday the coffee man always alternated, and something was missing from my life. It was then, that I realised the polite conversation with the stranger I didn't really know but could count on everyday really mattered.. Especially when everything else around me changed, at such a fast pace.
Without the coffee man nothing in my workday ever felt enlightening.
You can do amazing things in your life and be bold, go where no man has gone before but without the familiarity of a coffee man, friends, family or even the Asian lady at Civic IGA it wont feel right.
Adventure is great, fun and exciting but if you feel like you are doing all of this and something is still missing- Go find a coffee man.
I walk into work and BANG.. I see a familiar desk, next to a familiar face and its warm. I know I go for coffee at 9:30am and everything will be fine.
Ok, so the point to that poetic story is that life doesn't have meaning unless it has something familiar in it, but it doesn't have meaning unless you find something unfamiliar to do.
I remember living in London wishing I could find a familiar coffee man, so, before work everyday I could gain a sense of belonging in such a busy atmosphere. To my disappointment everywhere I went had a different coffee man!? Even when I went to the same place everyday the coffee man always alternated, and something was missing from my life. It was then, that I realised the polite conversation with the stranger I didn't really know but could count on everyday really mattered.. Especially when everything else around me changed, at such a fast pace.
Without the coffee man nothing in my workday ever felt enlightening.
You can do amazing things in your life and be bold, go where no man has gone before but without the familiarity of a coffee man, friends, family or even the Asian lady at Civic IGA it wont feel right.
Adventure is great, fun and exciting but if you feel like you are doing all of this and something is still missing- Go find a coffee man.Even if you have to walk an extra mile to get to him.
