Dream A Little Day
I had a window seat on the bus ride home the other day and found myself staring out an open window at a rather odd cloud. It was made up of a thick discrete line with diffuse much shorter lines coming out from either side. What could cause that? The thick line could be a plane or something but it was too thick. And wind wouldn’t cause lines, much less in two opposite directions from the main body.
As I pondered this logic puzzle my mind began to wander. It kind of looked like a fish skeleton. A gentle breeze crossed my face and I realized I was daydreaming. I can’t remember the last time I did that. Sure I have interesting thoughts and debates with myself, most ending up here on my blog, but a daydream with no purpose? It’s been too long to remember.
I think we should make time for that. In the customer service course I teach I warn about the dangers of daydreaming at work. I think a similar warning should be issued for NOT daydreaming for too long outside of work. For one thing it requires you to be relaxed. Tense daydreaming is called worrying, planning, or alternate engagement strategy which may all be valid uses of our time but we should day dream at least once a month for our sanity and spirit.
