As I sit here in the SeaTac Intern. Airport I can't help to be immersed in the great view of the airplanes leaving, the fun noises of the restaurants and coffee shops, and comfortable wood of the seat I'm sitting in.. and all that goes along with a giant enclosed shopping area that also just so happens to be a release point for huge cans with wings that bring people to and back again.
No I have some good time to reflect about the things that are important in life and enjoy all the abundance and greatness around me. You see, when your attitude is good, there's nothing that can stop you from enjoying whatever is happening. No i'm not talking about a false fake view on reality, but an ability, habit if you will, to find the good in not matter what happens or your circumstance.
This week I've been battling with a lot. Like on pile of play dough in a room of kindergartners I've been pulled and molded in many different directions. Papa had a scare, as he is 80yrs old, there wasn't something right with his insides, so they had to go inside and take out the wrong to make the wrong right again, which they did, and so did I have to do with many different things around the academy. Now like a doctor going into surgery on my dad, I was too a surgeon going into the belly of the beast to remove the issues at hand all while dealing with the little things and the big, outside of the belly. (too deep? am I doing too deep with these analogies? naa...)
I held it together though. I don't say that with the wit of wanting to bring myself up, but I'm actually proud with my performance, given that I had no rehearsal or prior moments to get prepared. I knew there was a lot happening, but I didn't know it, as in everything, would all happen at once?!
Now like that surgeon, having to make decisions and thinking about the next move before they get there, they don't go into that surgery room without a team of $%#$ good people surrounding them. There is a specialist for each area - someone to keep the heart going, the lungs moving, the sweat off the face of the patient and the surgeon. There's machines and computers in place to keep it as safe as possible. But with every surgery there's a risk, a toll that is paid, and a moment of doubt.
My dad come home tonite, as I left Reno, he found a brand new lazyboy, and a breath of fresh air as he was given another chance, and the reality that thus far, his moment has not come. But with a 10in stapled incision in the place that once was the opening for his triple bypass, and the exhaustion and lack of muscle movement etc.. he's on the road to recovery. But it's nice to see recovery insight.
I too feel that in many ways the situation around me with my team, my business, my passions and visions have been through a surgery like my fathers. But I too feel that now, even though we have just passed the tip of it, we are now on the road to recovery and all that comes with it.
As a team we are tough. We are sound and able. We have the ability to create, motivate and continue regardless of circumstance or surroundings. As a Team we can make everything out of nothing. But like a surgeon, without a team, the chance of success is greatly lessened if at all.
I realize that my attitude and outlook effects everything I do. For a moment I realized the expectations of this test and thought, 'how can I?'.. But because of the lessons learned this week, i'm able to answer that question. ' I can, with my team..'
Thanks D2D - Workout hard tomorrow 1st candidates! We were all there once, and keep moving forward. Read my lil' motivational emails and hit your requirements, as you know I'll be 'hitting' mine..
-Sbn Dan
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