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A barista at the airport told me something that made me rethink my whole morning
I was stuck in Denver waiting for a delayed flight last Tuesday and grabbed coffee. The barista, probably 20 years old, asked why I looked stressed. I said I was running through my 14 showings for the week. She said, "You know what's funny? Everyone here is rushing to somewhere they already planned, but nobody notices the sun hitting the Rockies right now." That hit me weird because I spent 6 years in this town and never once looked at those mountains while waiting. I bought my usual, sat by the window, and just watched for 20 minutes. It was genuinely the calmest part of my entire trip, which says a lot since I closed a deal later that day. Has anyone else had a stranger say something small that completely reset their day? What did they say?
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piper_kim25d ago
Why do we need a stranger to point out what's right in front of us? I grew up near the ocean and did the same thing, walked past it every day for years and never really looked. The thing about what that barista said is it works both ways. You can't just notice the mountains once and call it done, because the next week you're back to staring at your phone while the sun does its thing without you. The trick is building in those 20 minute gaps on purpose, even when nobody taps you on the shoulder to remind you.
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