For about my first forty years on this planet, I rarely allowed myself time to stop, even for a moment. Life was “go go go!” in so many ways.
These days, though, I allow myself to stop for a moment more and more.
This photo I took last week on my way back home from a twenty-four-hour trip that included a wonderful and inspiring event, five trains, and (the core reason for the trip) a terrific long meeting with a client.
Those who walk between Euston and Saint Pancras will likely walk over the exact spot I stopped in, but few may stop to take in what I saw. I stopped, and then even backtracked a few steps to frame all the various objects I saw, from the lamppost, the sculpture, the Francis Crick Institute on the right, Saint Pancras railway station on the left, then the tower of the hotel at Saint Pancras in the centre distance.
I stopped, took the picture, then immediately sent it to my friend Morgan Da Costa in Cayman, himself a “capturer of moments” who takes wonderful photos, but also the person who taught me the phrase #NoOrdinaryMoments. If you’d like to listen to Morgan sharing his wisdom, he was a past guest on my podcast #WhatComesNextLive here
Have a great week, and do allow yourself to stop for a moment now and then.