Two days in a row! I’m back on another airplane, so I thought I’d try this again.
Something happened while on the plane yesterday that I thought was quite interesting. See, the Bulldog and I have been talking about what it means to live in the moment. We’ve been talking about this for various reasons, but one of them being that Bulldog is such a negative person (at least around me), and it frustrates me.
So we’ve been having these discussions about how he could potentially break out of this pattern - one huge way is by living more in the NOW and not worrying so much about the future or long for the past.
So I found this article online and it resonated with me in regards to our conversations, and I posted it on FB and I thought about it a lot. I just thought about how I should be savoring the present moment and not fixated or stressed about my meeting that day.
When I got off the plane, something strange happened. As I walked through the airport, I decided to meet peoples eyes and really be present while walking and moving along in my day. No fewer that 5 people looked directly at me and SMILED! It was such a foreign feeling that I had to look around to make sure it was indeed ME they were smiling at! In fact, I went to the bathroom to make sure I didn’t have something strange on my face or schmutz all over me or something.
And THEN, while at the car rental place, people struck conversations. Not annoying conversations, ether. I don’t know if it was a change in my attitude, my openness or my enjoying the present moment, but I felt so much happiness and just plain old good-to-be-alive-ness.
And the kicker was this older man who was coming up the escalator as I was going down to get my rental car. I met his gaze from about 50 feet away and as he rose and I descended, he said, “it could be completely cloudy outside, but it wouldn’t matter. Looking at you, beautiful lady, has brightened my day!”
And yes, I realize that he was flirting with me. But SO WHAT? It totally made my whole day. I practically floated the rest of the day.
Didn’t hurt that it was a stunningly gorgeous day. But maybe my attitude made an even bigger difference.
My meeting yesterday went really, REALLY well! Much better than expected, and I was very happy with the outcome. Yes, there is a lot of follow-up that needs to be done, but considering that it could have been a disaster, I’m happy.
And now, I’m flying back to my office. I hope to continue to live today in the present moment so that I can enjoy what I’m doing. There’s a lot to be done, as I have the final portion of a huge proposal to submit and I’m leaving Tuesday morning for a big convention, but I will feel good when this day is over knowing that I’ve done my very best and I’ve done a good job.
And it’s Friday! I want to see the Bulldog and hold onto him. I wish I knew how he felt about me. Perhaps I should ask him outright. What a scary thing to do.
Maybe he’ll be in the moment and tell me that he loves me right back.
Over and out,
GS
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