Captain Michael: Good Wednesday morning.
We tend to treat interruptions as thieves.
The unexpected phone call. The delayed appointment.
Good Wednesday morning.
We tend to treat interruptions as thieves.
The unexpected phone call. The delayed appointment. The broken machine. The neighbor who stops by when we are trying to finish something. The rain that changes the day before it has properly begun.
We tell ourselves:
Once I deal with this, I can get back to my life.
But the interruption is part of our life.
Some of the moments that matter most will never appear on a schedule.
A friend needs someone to listen.
A child asks a question that deserves more than a hurried answer.
A repair teaches us something we would not have chosen to learn.
A delay puts us beside someone we would never have met otherwise.
A storm keeps us in a harbor long enough to discover why we needed to stay.
Not every interruption is meaningful. Some things really do waste our time, and protecting our attention matters.
But if we resent everything that was not part of the plan, we may rush past the very thing that gives the day its meaning.
Perhaps the first question should not always be:
How quickly can I get this out of my way?
Perhaps we should occasionally ask:
What is here that I could not see from the schedule?
A plan gives the day direction.
An interruption reminds us that life is not a production line.
What changes your plans today may not prevent the day from going well.
It may become the reason it did.
#LifeBetweenPlans, #Interruptions, #PayAttention, #LifeLessons, #CrypTok
Captain Michael: Good Wednesday morning. We tend to treat interruptions as thieves. The unexpected phone call. The delayed appointment. T
Good Wednesday morning. We tend to treat interruptions as thieves. The unexpected phone call. The delayed appointment. The broken machine. The neighbor who stops by when we are trying to finish something. The rain that changes the day before it has properly begun. We tell ourselves: Once I deal with this, I can get back to my life. But the interruption is part of our life. Some of the moments that matter most will never appear on a schedule. A friend needs someone to listen. A child asks a question that deserves more than a hurried answer. A repair teaches us something we would not have chosen to learn. A delay puts us beside someone we would never have met otherwise. A storm keeps us in a harbor long enough to discover why we needed to stay. Not every interruption is meaningful. Some things really do waste our time, and protecting our attention matters. But if we resent everything that was not part of the plan, we may rush past the very thing that gives the day its meaning. Perhaps the first question should not always be: How quickly can I get this out of my way? Perhaps we should occasionally ask: What is here that I could not see from the schedule? A plan gives the day direction. An interruption reminds us that life is not a production line. What changes your plans today may not prevent the day from going well. It may become the reason it did. #LifeBetweenPlans, #Interruptions, #PayAttention, #LifeLessons, #CrypTok
Good Wednesday morning. We tend to treat interruptions as thieves. The unexpected phone call. The delayed appointment. The broken machine. The neighbor who stops by when we are trying to finish something. The rain that changes the day before it has properly begun. We tell ourselves: Once I deal with this, I can get back to my life. But the interruption is part of our life. Some of the moments that matter most will never appear on a schedule. A friend needs someone to listen. A child asks a question that deserves more than a hurried answer. A repair teaches us something we would not have chosen to learn. A delay puts us beside someone we would never have met otherwise. A storm keeps us in a harbor long enough to discover why we needed to stay. Not every interruption is meaningful. Some things really do waste our time, and protecting our attention matters. But if we resent everything that was not part of the plan, we may rush past the very thing that gives the day its meaning. Perhaps the first question should not always be: How quickly can I get this out of my way? Perhaps we should occasionally ask: What is here that I could not see from the schedule? A plan gives the day direction. An interruption reminds us that life is not a production line. What changes your plans today may not prevent the day from going well. It may become the reason it did. #LifeBetweenPlans, #Interruptions, #PayAttention, #LifeLessons, #CrypTok
