Nothing happened again today

"Nothing happened again today."

That thought crosses my mind, mixed with a sigh.

But is that really true?

No reservations were made.
No messages came in.
No contracts were signed.
Nothing I had hoped for happened at all.

That is why people tend to conclude that "nothing happened."

But let's pause for a moment.
Did really nothing happen?

I was struck by a sentence I happened to read.
A casual conversation with someone stayed with me in a strange way.
I felt a sense of unease.
I noticed a habit I hadn't been aware of.
A way of thinking I had held onto for a long time loosened just a little.
Or perhaps, I simply looked up at the sky.

Even so, something is happening.

People evaluate their day based on "what they wanted to happen."

Did a reservation come in?
Did I get a message?
Did I get results?
Was I recognized by someone?

By that standard, there will be days when nothing happens.

But if you observe that day a little more carefully, strangely enough, something always happens.

When looking back later,

"I was able to realize that because of that day"

is something I sometimes think.

Things I thought were failures at the time.
Time I thought was wasted.
Events I thought were detours.
Days I thought were so unlucky.

I sometimes realize that those were the entrances leading to the next landscape.

That is why, lately,

"What happened today?"

instead of that,

"What am I not noticing today?"

I find myself thinking that more and more.

There probably isn't really such a thing as a day where nothing happens.

If there is, it's
a day when the things I hoped would happen didn't.

I think that's all it is.

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