It Really is a Good Friday - Laughter is Contagious

Sitting in a continental European airport lounge, having worked on Good Friday (I think for the first time in my full working life) at 20.15 - waiting for a cowboy time flight (10 to 10 - get it?).... I couldn't feel better about life.

Yes I would like to have been at home today with my family.  Of course a drive from Heathrow to the North West until 3am is not my idea of fun.  Airports are lonely old places at the best of times - but tonight this place is positively ghostly.  Yes I made it to the airport in time to catch the earlier flight only to be told my ticket was non transferable so I had 3 hours waiting or a £300 transfer (3 hours will be fine thanks).  No, the lack of a really good night's sleep whilst travelling this week has not left me feeling the most spritely I have ever felt - a tad shattered really.

But you know what? Life is great. Time is short - and I have too much to do to get down about these minor things.  Richard Carlsson said "Don't sweat the small stuff." How right he is.  This weeks' project has gone well and I've been with great people.  The programme was well received - and I delivered a course for the first time with a live translator in some people's ears.  I felt like a speaker at the UN or the European Parliament.

And besides - when I wake up tomorrow morning in my own bed with a roof over my head - my daughter will be stood there smiling the best smile in the world.  My son will want to play lightsabre fights (nothing better) and my wife will take pity on my tired form and make me a lovely cup of coffee delivered with a kiss (I hope!).  And all will be right with the world.

I realise this blog is totally cliche'd and sentimental when compared with others I tend to write - but you know what.  I don't care.  Its time I indulged myself a little.

How can you learn anything from this?  Go and make your long weekend count.  Life is great - time is short.  What can you look forward to and be grateful for?  Its easy when you're prepared to look.  And if that isn't enough for you - take a look at this video for absolute evidence that emotions are contagious - what effect are you having on people around you?  Are you a drain or a radiator?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeauvE1M7qc