[Learning & Growing - XXI]
There is a certain contentment that comes with predictability.
The caramel macchiato that we order every morning from our favorite coffee shop, made just right, with a sprinkle of cocoa on the whipped cream.
Our favorite everything bagel with tea and orange juice in the morning, as the sun peers through the kitchen window.
The evening shower with familiar 90’s pop music playing from our phone resting next to the sink.
As creatures of habit, we all have routines that bring us a bit of contentment. And when they are disrupted, we’re irritated, even angry.
But there’s childlike delight that only comes as a result of surprise. How is surprise different than inconvenient disruption? Why does one cause delight and the other irritation?
Practice.
Try a latte one morning. Or a whole wheat bagel. Or 70’s Rock in he shower.
Just to gently mix it up, on your terms. To get practice. You might be surprised, even delighted.
[Something else new: forward this to a friend—signing up for these daily reflections might be the small surprise they need.]
