One way of looking at success is that it’s completing something you set out to do. That being so, I recently had the privilege of witnessing a brilliant success. I was waiting at a bus stop, when up pulled a white van. A guy jumped out and began changing the bus timetable notice. Out with the power tools to open the timetable housing, rip off the old timetable.
“That’s some job,” I said. I was thinking, this is one of those things we depend on being done, but don’t usually see. What if he didn’t do it?
“Aye,” he replied. “There’s 2,600 bus stops in this town, and this is my second last one.”
“WOW! You must be ready for a pint!” I quipped.
We shared a laugh, he put up the new timetable and finished up. The bus came, I got on and sat in the front of the top deck. And then, as the bus proceeded down the road, I saw him at the next stop. He finished the last one and stepped back, looking very pleased. That was a real moment of fulfillment, completion and happiness, and I got to witness it. It felt warm.
The thing is I could so easily have missed it. That says to me that there’s moments like that all around, all the time. It’s not important to see them individually – just know that they’re there. (Hey, maybe some of them are yours!) Then suddenly you’re in a world of success and fulfillment. How cool is that?
Wow – what a nice story. I’m not sure why, but I found the simplicity of the situtation made the intensity of the feeling quite real.
Thanks for sharing!
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