Messages

I never try to convey a message, I just want to tell a story.

~ Isabelle Allende

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Once upon a time I had a work meeting that I was dreading. I was right to dread it because it was a situation where one person just wanted to agitate other people without bringing solutions. You know the type. They come and flip over tables and then leave it to other people to clean up the mess.

Anyway, I had been dreading the meeting and it turned out to be exactly the kind of meeting I expected it to be.

But then, immediately after the meeting, I got a text from my brother. It reminded me that my job is my job, not my life. My life is made up of beautiful things and good people. His text made the ugliness of the meeting evaporate completely. 

Kirk wrote one sentence that lifted my spirits and reminded me of what really matters in life.

"If you get a minute will you create and send me a photo of me with mutton chops?"

And now all is well.