I got lost last night searching for a bar: i’m in Ghent, and last time i was here i ended up meeting a friend for a drink in a really lovely little place which i was keen to see again. Lots of atmosphere, very cosy, by the river. But either it had moved, or i had forgotten where it was.
Anyway: use your sixty seconds today to consider something that you have lost, and miss.
Free time? The carefree play of childhood??! I’ve lost a pair of shoes i really like - how do you lose shoes? Maybe a connection with a friend?
This is not a glum activity: some things we lose, but remember fondly - as we travel through life we have to leave some things behind, because as we say in Social Leadership, nobody can carry and endlessly heavy load. You cannot carry everything forwards.
But it’s worth considering how this process works: what just gets lost as opposed to being willingly put down, or even given away?
Day #198