Sometimes things happen, and you have no clue.
You’re scrambling to finish that examination. You know you’re going to run over time, but all of a sudden, an invigilator comes and says:
“Hey, doesn’t matter. You’ve got five extra minutes. By the time I collect all the answer papers, finish up whatever you’re doing.”
Good Samaritans exist. It is the same in life.
You’re running late to catch a bus. You are somehow hoping that there is some delay. You reach the bus stop just in time to find out that the bus is delayed by five minutes.
You get an extra five minutes.
To catch your breath.
To get onto the bus.
What would you do with these extra five minutes?
When you had no hope of it.
When you had not prepared for it.
When you had not planned for it.
What do we do with bonus time?
What do we do with bonus money?
What do we do with the bonus love that we receive?
Situations outside my control…
like the bus getting delayed
or the invigilator suddenly giving me five minutes.
These are uncontrollables.
But this is where it shifts.
What do I do with what I receive?
This additional love that I receive…
Can I forward it?
Can I pay it forward?
Can I share it?
Can I spread it?
Extra five minutes.
Extra five rupees.
Five friends who show up
When I am feeling a bit lonely.
What am I going to do with the extra five that I get?
The universe has a way of conspiring. To ensure I get what I need.
When things are in my control…
Do I give? Do I share?
Do I spread?
Let’s start spreading
an extra five minutes of love.
To our inner circle.
To our outer circle.
To those around us.
And if that love takes the shape of creation…
Let us create.
Let us share.
For the five who are waiting for it.
Additional READS on “Shameless Creativity”:
An empty chair!
You cannot buy FEEL
Focus on me
An enemy is a blessing
Plant the Story
When momentum slows
The “I also do that” virus
CRUSH the creative committee
Is it good enough?
You DO NOT need permission for a REFORM
Stumble in the Streak
The Tidy Desk Delusion!
Phantom pain of past crushes
