I rarely drink coffee but one morning this week I was working for a client whose office is in mid-remodel and hovers around 60 degrees most mornings until I put the ceiling tiles back in place after the last electrician and turn on the heater. So, I opted for coffee to warm up from the inside.
I was heavily lacing my coffee with sugar and cream. Their coffee station, a grungy cart, is in the loud machine shop section of the warehouse and without my knowing the owner was watching me. He is a kind and witty Austrian gentleman who has just enough accent to make him interesting. It seems no matter how long a European has been in the states they always have an interesting and different way of speaking. He approached and said to me "Just let it be Ugly", meaning the coffee. He went on to explain that he has high cholesterol and used to also drink his coffee the way I was. He told me, if you just "let it be ugly" for a week, you'll get used to it.
With a smile on my lips and my coffee in hand I went back upstairs thinking of his words. After pondering them awhile, I decided that is a great motto. We tend to want to gloss over the surface of things, make them pretty, hide the dirt under the rug. I think he has a point. If we just let it be ugly, be honest and look at the reality...it gets easier to face.
So, that is my philosphy for the day. Would do you think...can you let it be ugly?
I was heavily lacing my coffee with sugar and cream. Their coffee station, a grungy cart, is in the loud machine shop section of the warehouse and without my knowing the owner was watching me. He is a kind and witty Austrian gentleman who has just enough accent to make him interesting. It seems no matter how long a European has been in the states they always have an interesting and different way of speaking. He approached and said to me "Just let it be Ugly", meaning the coffee. He went on to explain that he has high cholesterol and used to also drink his coffee the way I was. He told me, if you just "let it be ugly" for a week, you'll get used to it.
With a smile on my lips and my coffee in hand I went back upstairs thinking of his words. After pondering them awhile, I decided that is a great motto. We tend to want to gloss over the surface of things, make them pretty, hide the dirt under the rug. I think he has a point. If we just let it be ugly, be honest and look at the reality...it gets easier to face.
So, that is my philosphy for the day. Would do you think...can you let it be ugly?
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