Who knew that $3.94 could be so well spent?
This morning in between dropping off my husband’s inhaler for him at school and picking up Claire at preschool, I had about 45 minutes. I know, it’s not much time. But for a mom it’s an eternity.
I thought, perhaps this is a sign that I need to be nice to myself. So I went to the local coffee shop where I steadfastly resisted the temptation to to twitter my brother about something that is fall-off-your-chair hysterically funny. That’s a story for another day.
Instead, I succumbed to coffee and a muffin (blueberry, I’ll have you know. Yummm).
I pulled out a notepad.
At the top, I wrote “Hone in on what is so obvious to you that it hardly bears mentioning.” I found the quote this morning on the “How Third Hand Works Gets In Gear” blog. You should read the entire post. It’s amazing.
I changed it a little — to “Hone in on what is so obvious to you that you are good at that it hardly bears mentioning” (sorry, Cairene, I just can’t help tweaking stuff).
After about 20 minutes of doodling and staring out the window and eavesdropping on a really interesting conversation at the next table, guess what?
I think I found it.
My “thing”. I’ve been thinking about what “my thing” is, looking for it, meditating about it, trying to label it and create it so hard lately.
It’s the thing that I’m just amazingly good at. It’s the thing that my right people need and that I can help them with 100%.
It seemed like it was always behind a brick wall — but I knew it was there.
And this morning, the bricks fell away. And there it was. Shiny and perfect and all ready to roll. It’s been there all along.
The amazing part is that it connects perfectly — seamlessly — with the other “thing” I’ve been working on and writing, and that seems more-than-just-a-little insane unless the two are together.
How amazing is that?
Just had to share. I knew you’d be happy. I am simply and extremely very happy at this moment.
Thanks for reading and being a part of this moment with me.
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3 Comments
Liz – This sounds exciting!
And in my book, you never have to apologize for tweaking anything. You’re *supposed* to adapt what you find for your own best use (kind of my point). So run with it however you like!
That’s so cool! I really need to learn to slow down and spend time just thinking, doodling, meditating, whatever. I make myself so busy, busy, busy that it feels like I don’t have time for mundane things like thinking
. But your post shows how important it is. So I’ll get to thinking . . . right after I finish reading some blogs. . .and some newsletters . . . and watching TV . . . (Apparently I’m still making this difficult).
Wow! What a great story. Am completely intrigued.
Love the realizations. Love that the wall opened up to you. Love that you are also being inspired from the bits of genius over at ThirdHandWorks. Very cool.