Seasoning The Moment

Most moments show up wearing sweatpants.

Traffic. A meeting that could have been an email. A line that moves with all the urgency of a tranquilized turtle. Life does not always arrive plated like a five star meal. Sometimes it slumps onto your table like a lukewarm side dish and says, this is what you get.

Fine.

Now it is on you.

That is the deal nobody loves and everybody lives inside. The moment is not always special on its own. Sometimes it is just raw material. You are the one holding the spice rack.

Frustrating traffic? You can grip the wheel like the universe has personally insulted you. Or you can breathe, notice the neighborhood, call someone you miss, listen to something that stretches your mind, or simply practice not letting inconvenience become identity.

Monotonous work meeting? You can silently rot. Or you can ask the question that wakes the room up. You can notice who has not spoken. You can turn dead air into curiosity. You can become the pulse instead of the passenger.

A pause is not nothing. A pause is a workshop.

The ordinary moment is usually waiting for someone brave enough to bring a little spice to it. Not more time. Not better conditions. Just intention.

If this moment feels flat, it may be asking you a question.

What are you going to add?

Stay Positive & Shake And Bake Baby

Garth Beyer
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