Most of us keep very close company with our jobs. We spend a heck of a lot of time and energy at work planning, executing, accomplishing, assessing, worrying, thinking, creating, making decisions, stressing. That much proximity can really get under our skin, kind of like other intimate relationships in our lives.
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A few years ago, I was waiting at a red light with my baby in her car seat behind me. I was deep inside my head -- listening to music, day dreaming, thinking -- when I heard a “bam!” and felt the forceful impact of steel hitting steel as my car bumped forward.
For a second or two, I was bewildered. It felt like something otherworldly, something completely outside the realm of possibilities for that moment in time. I took a breath, reoriented myself, and realized that another car had struck mine from behind. I reached back to touch my daughter, and we stared at each other with wide eyes. When I saw that she was unharmed and she saw that I wasn’t upset, we both relaxed. |