Often before I write I need time to reflect, to find the words. I put on my headphones and let music to get me there. Music takes me from the worries on my desk and lets me access my center.
Today, I wanted to hold onto a beautiful day in Chicago.
I let Howard Jones help me.
Ordinary things in life are where
this heaven likes to beHold the sky, feet on the floor
Hold the sky, feet on the floorWe make our sun to shine
We make our space and time
We make the weather
We make it changeHoward Jones, We Make the Weather, People
I’ve listened to this song for years. Yet, every time I hear it, I learn a little more about what it could mean to me.
What a great way to approach to business, life, relationships. Hold the sky, feet on the floor. That client who didn’t show for a meeting last week, he can’t stop my sun from shining, neither can the numbers in my blog stats or the phone that won’t stop ringing.
Everyday is a new day and we get to decide what the weather will be. It’s not such a hard concept, if I take time to breathe.
Isn’t that part of our branding? We problem solve to change bad weather? Don’t we innovate by changing time and space? Aren’t the best big dreams well-grounded in what we can actually do?
And the people . . . the relationships that add the greatest value to my life are the ones that just by being change the weather. They are the friends and colleagues who teach me to dream BIGGER and still keep myself standing in reality.
Relationships like that have changed my life. They have the power to change the world.
Today is the only today I have. You can bet I’m going to hold that sky with both arms standing right here in my living room.
We make the weather. We make it change.
