Work & Friendships

My crazy day did materialize as such, but in between all the racing moments, there were so many moments of friendship with people.  I need to remember this as the reason I stay, even when I come home so drained and exhausted.  In between meetings, I was able to take photos and that too was good.  Now to find a way to lessen the profound tiredness at the end of the day.

New Year – Old Ideas

I decided to not go out last night. The weather was abysmal, so I watched a 1938 Frank Capra movie. I was amazed at the ideas in this film, from over 70 years ago, that fill the self help, new age shelves of any current book store. There was a scene where Jean Arthur talked about how her grandfather felt that everyone was living such fear based lives and then Jimmy Stewart said that he wanted to harness the power of the sun for energy to replace coal and oil. Basically, it was showing the difference between people driven by money and power versus those who followed their bliss. The power of creativity, friendship and community over Wall St.