Coping with stress well is not my strong suit. I binge on “piece” food - raisins, animal crackers, cookies, chocolate chips - or don’t eat at all, sucking down one caffeinated beverage after another in an attempt to fuel my body. Oversleeping is never a problem; but working until 2, 3 and 4 in the morning and then unceremoniously passing out on a pile of paperwork often is. I worry, frown and fret, allowing tension in my parental lobe and upper back to become equally tight. I think of countless unimaginable “What ifs?” and allow my mind to wander down paths that are so far from where it should be, a search party is almost warranted.
My chaotic afternoon was interrupted with a bang - literally. A giant heap of snow fell off the roof to my office building and shattered to the bricks below like an avalanche. It was then, after eight hours with my eyes focused sharply on the monitor in front of me, that I looked outside to see what had caused the commotion. It was then, too, that I noticed one of the most gorgeous sunsets I’d seen in recent memory, with clouds of lavender and pink swirled between the gauzy blue cumulus, hinting at the spring that awaits just around the corner. It was then, lastly, that I was reminded that I need not wait for a shining, perfect day to enjoy a shining, perfect moment.
What’s outside your window?