Second time a charm

He arrived this morning for the meeting that was scheduled. None of the rest of them could make it, but that didn't stop the mixture of friends getting caught up after a number of weeks (or is it months) of not seeing one another, and considerations given to the next steps that need to be implemented.

Actually this was the second time around, because he arrived yesterday, bleary eyed and bushy tailed, ready for the conflab that he thought was supposed to take place. Unfortunately for him, he'd mis-judged the day, the result of too little sleep (given the fact that he had not too long been disembarked from a trans-oceanic flight) and the added reality that there is just too much going on in some people's lives. Relief was the look he radiated when he learned that he'd anticipated the encounter by a full 24 hours. At least he could return to the peacefulness of slumber (if the rest of his life would permit it) and return for take 2 today.

It's not often that we get a second chance, an opportunity to stop the world, and just get caught up, either with sleep, or with a bit of something that's been left on the back burner. On the odd occasion that life throws us this kind of opportunity, perhaps we would be better to see it as a gift rather than a misconstrued obligation. Then we can come back for a second round, refreshed and ready to tackle the task at hand with renewed vigour.