A Little Perspective

With the holidays around the corner and most of western civilization spending themselves into oblivion, I could not help but put things into perspective and wonder what is it all for? Will that Wii really make your wildest dreams come true? Will those Choos change your life (I have several pair and my life is still pretty much the same from the shoes I wore when I did not care about labels)? I think an all-around answer is no. I understand how hypocritical this all sounds…especially since I am in the business of selling want…of selling greed…but I think that a reality check should be in order especially during the holidays.

What inspired all of this? My team lunch today and talking to my manager about her “life” if you will. While I will not go into all the details, here is a woman who lost her husband in a very tragic way, who is dealing with a sick child that no over-the-counter medicine will cure, but who seems happy. When one of my teammates asked her how she deals with all the nonsense at work, she said something I will forever remember, “because I am too busy to care about stupid stuff.” Here is a woman who is on top of her game and who lives her life as fully as she can. She tries, rather successfully, to live in the now and check off her list of “things I want to do” that most of us put off for the proverbial “later.” Someone, who in spite of everything, got it right.

I guess dealing with issues always does that doesn’t it? Put things into perspective. It is sad really, but we all do it…I know I certainly do. Nevertheless, I really am at a place where I am “too busy to care about stupid shit” and just need to focus on getting it right.