So here I am in Dallas Airport.  It’s mid afternoon, Friday November 15th, and I’m on my way to a Revolve event in Portland, Oregon.  I’m sitting at a great little cafe called Cool River.  The waitress just served me tomato basil soup and a house salad.  It tastes great, but I’m wondering if I should have ordered the chicken panini.

I can’t help myself from watching all the people hurry by.  Business men in suits.  Mother’s carrying children and pulling little pink suitcases.  Teenagers dressed in the latest fashion, listening to ipods.  And the most darling old couple, holding hands as they walk to get a coffee from Starbucks.  I could sit here all day and just watch everybody.  I’m so fascinated!

My mind races as I try to figure out everybody’s destination.  Are they traveling on business, or experiencing their vacation of a lifetime?  Are they visiting family and old friends, or are they on their way back home?  So many questions, so many thoughts.

I wonder if anybody’s looking at me right now as I eat my soup and salad.  Is anybody feeling sorry for me sitting on my own?  Does anybody wonder what I’m writing as I scribble all over my page?  Does anybody have the time to stop and notice?

Life goes by so quickly, and we all seem to be so busy and distracted with our own lives.  Sometimes I can’t even find the time to email my closest friends back in Australia, and I feel terrible for not making them a priority.  But that has to change.

I don’t want to be so caught up in my own little world, that I miss what’s going on around me.  I don’t want a day to go by where I don’t appreciate life - or family and friends - or the fact that I have a roof over my head, and food on the table.  I want to live life to the full, and really see people for who they are.

At the end of the day, life is made up of conversations and experiences, and we get to choose who we want to notice.  We get to choose who we want to focus our attention on, and we get to choose the people we let into our lives.

It’s up to us…so let’s choose wisely.