Today I found myself thinking about something that I said off the cuff, when confronted by a situation where I was asked to speak to essentially our entire U.S. office without prior notice. As a new-ish employee, I was asked to introduce myself and also mention what inspires me. I don't tend to blurt what's top of mind, but there wasn't time to think.
Instead of saying something that would seem a likely response (perhaps traveling), I said that I'm inspired by the broad array of people that I run across daily, because interacting with someone in any way can teach you something if you keep your eyes and mind open. I'm not sure where it came from, I wondered for a few seconds how open I really keep my eyes and mind, and then I became absorbed in the tasks at hand.
This week has made me hyperaware of my own words. There was a perspective change that needed to happen, but I wasn't exactly changing my own mind. So I tried to spend more time focusing on the people around, what they were saying, and what they really meant. And things started to turn a few degrees.
I suppose the general point of my vague musing is that despite what seems like randomness or meandering, the universe always seems to lead you through and to the places that you need. It may be discouraging while you're waiting to get 'there' and trying to figure out why you're 'here'. Sometimes you can look back later and understand the journey, but often you can't. Regardless of all of that, I have to marvel at the way the chips fall sometimes.
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