1 beautiful thing
you may not have found 100 beautiful things today, but you did one beautiful thing - you finally finished that long‑overdue report.
you cleared early meetings, wrapped up urgent tasks, and got to it at 2:30 pm. you finished by 6 pm.
you counted ten interruptions in 90 minutes - one calamitous request for help taking an hour. rather than resent each interruption, you handled them calmly.
each time - headphones out, ‘the killers’ on pause - you actually smiled. every interruption meant something. you were helpful, you were understanding.
your boss approached at one point, paused mid-step, glanced around. ‘i heard voices - you’re alone,’ he said. you replied simply, ‘i was singing.’ he said nothing further.
the last interruption let you stay past quitting time and get back to work - speakers up, fingers flying, like that old youtube video of a cat ‘playing’ piano.
you’re home now. wired.
but it’s different this time. you're not exhausted by everything. you appreciated one good thing today.
that one beautiful thing - your report - is connected to everything else. your smiles, your patience, the singing. maybe the sum of those reactions made for a 100 beautiful little things.