It’s late here in the UK and I’m still working, 22:00 to be precise. One of the joys of working in a global role within a global organisation is that sometimes you have to join calls with people in different time zones.
Not only is it late, but I’m also tired and have a headache. I’ve already taken some paracetamol but it is only numbing the pain rather than taking it away altogether.
When I have finished this call I am looking forward to leaving this desk, releasing my hands from the keyboard and getting into the shower. Standing in the shower I know that my headache will subside and the tight muscles in my neck will relax.
A few years ago now, when we moved house, one of the things we looked for was a good shower. The shower in our current home has certainly lived up to our requirements.
I have spent hundreds of hours stood in showers over the years, and I don’t regret any of them. Standing in the flow is so therapeutic that it is very precious indeed.
Sometimes I stand in the shower and imagine that I am sat beneath a waterfall.
Sometimes I imagine that the show is a wave crashing over me.
Standing there I am taken out of my immediate surroundings and taken to a much more relaxed place.
The shower is also a great place to think. There are many times when I am trying to get my head around something that a shower provides the answer.
“Everyone who’s ever taken a shower has an idea. It’s the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.”
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