Clarity in the Midst of Chaos

I finished the day today out of breath and a little bit deflated.  I spent the earlier part of my day running around Manhattan literally hopping in an uber and going from midtown to the uber east side of town.  On the way back from setting up for a conference call my uber got caught in cross town lunch time traffic.  After dealing with a buzzing phone, Skype and a Go to Meeting set up I was more than relieved to bury my phone in the bottom of my purse and enjoy the rest of my ride back in silence especially after my boss What's App'ed me to see if I could come back to the conference call. 

Crawling back to the west side through traffic I decided to power down and return to center. Trying to maintain equilibrium in the city that never stops is a challenge but in those few moments that were gifted to me today I decided to 'carpe diem' and try to tap into that still small voice inside.  I have to say that just looking up at the grandeur of the city I operate in everyday gave me a sense of awe that I rarely stop to tap into.  Switching from a state of "DO" to "BE" really helped me to connect to myself and take my emotional pulse so to speak.  

I actually was reminded by a friend tonight of a relevant commuting story.  I was part of the standing room only crew one morning on my way into New York Penn Station standing next to a woman seated next to me on my left wearing a NY Times ID badge a laptop positioned open on her lap, an iphone next to it and a blackberry clasped in her hand.  After fidgeting with the devices for several minutes she opted to power down and put all her electronics away.  LITERALLY 2 minutes later after going through tech withdrawal she whipped everything back out again and was plugged right back into where she had left off.  She could not just sit and be with herself for 2 minutes.  

We don't realize how the constant distractions of life and our false sense of being "plugged in" could actually be pulling us away from plugging into ourselves and our higher power up above as well.  Take a minute to disconnect during the day and connect to yourself and the Big Guy up above.  Today it saved me and really provided the sense of clarity, calm and connection I needed to power through the rest of the day.  

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