A Tale of Two Five-Thirties

• Post By: Greg Crumpton
• Date: June 12, 2019
• Category: Blog
• Tags: #LifeLongLearning, Albert Einstein, Customer Sevice, greg crumpton, personal development, positivity

5:30 PM: It is crazy. Trying to “wrap-it-up” with two or three calls on the way home, small and large celebrations from the day and (re)connections finally made after a handful of texts and voicemails. What to do for dinner? What city are you in? Are the girls fed? What time will you be home? All the things that make up a day.

5:30 AM: Mother Nature with a wake-up call. Then a moment of gratitude, soaking in a bit of peace and harmony sitting on the front stoop, birds singing and chirping, a chapter or two from the latest good book, a few passages from The Good Book, a couple of cups of excellent coffee and some quiet time.

What a difference 12 hours can make.

Many days are started with “What does excellence look like today?” and finish with “Holy crap, I’m glad that’s over!”

How does this impact you? It may or may not… but my point in taking up a bit of your time is to remind you (and me) that the small little pieces of time we get, maybe it’s at 05:30, as it is for me, maybe your moment lives somewhere else on the clock, are really important in keeping your whole deal in balance.

This morning when I was reading I came across a photo of Albert Einstein at the beach – ponder that for just a second. Uncle Albert on the beach. The usual image of him is in a white lab coat, a pencil behind the ear and a very deliberate and intentional look upon his face. But not so in this image.

So what?

Just the point that no matter where you are on the spectrum of humanity, whether you are trying to figure out the physics of relativity OR if your are trying to modify the relative humidity, as me and my folks spend a ton of time doing, take a few minutes out of each day to realize how fortunate you are and take some time off to reenergize and recharge when you can.

Yes, traffic, taxes, weird schedules, illness and death all suck, but looking at things in a positive way and appreciating, even for just a few minutes, how good you have it can make the rest of the day doable.

No preaching here, just a reminder that when we are out hustling to make our lives and the lives of our folks better, make sure you keep you squared away!

Until next time, stay erudite.

G