Step toward the light

One stair at a time
London, ON
February 2019
This photo originally shared on Instagram

I climb and descend this staircase dozens of times a day. Because despite the plethora of communication tools on my laptop, phone, and tablet - email, Slack, Jabber, SMS, voicemail, videoconference, etc. - sometimes the best way to get something done is to have a good old-fashioned face-to-face conversation with someone.

I also spend most of my day sitting on my duff stringing words together on a screen, so it's not a bad idea to go for a quick wander around the building every once in a while. Gotta be healthy, after all.

Rarely do I stop to enjoy the view, though - largely because knowing me I'd probably fall and break something crucial - but that doesn't mean there aren't exceptions. Like on this late Friday afternoon, as the setting sun painted the historic brick starkly enough for me to freeze in place and take it in. As the workweek drew to a close, I could almost feel it in the atmosphere around me, the well-wishes to colleagues for a restful weekend, the gratitude to others for making the past week such a success. We do that here; another sign of what draws us to work in this special place.

A colleague asked me what I was up to, and I explained. She nodded agreement and said she needed to slow down and do the same, to hit the brakes every once in a while and enjoy the view. Which got me thinking: We may move a million miles an hour around here, but there's always time - even if it's just a few seconds - to stop and appreciate all that surrounds us.

And on this brilliantly sunny Friday afternoon, there was much to appreciate.

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