Starting the day

How does your day begin?

I think this is an important aspect of how our day will go...how it starts. If the day starts with a 90-minute commute through bumper-to-bumper traffic you arrive ready to do battle and fight and take on whatever challenge you are presented with today. On the other hand a 10-15 minute drive through the country to climb into the cab of a tractor has a different feel to it, it probably preps the dirt farmer well for a day plowing or discing or cultivating.

I was thinking about this because I choose how my day will start. Sometimes, when I'm running behind, I'll bomb on over to the freeway, put the pedal down and get to Provo from Benjamin just as fast as the Little Green Wart will move! That doesn't always give me the best day at work, but I do hit the ground running when I get here. Today I didn't. Today I took the fun way to work. It's the back roads off 3200 West out in my world. I get to go by pastures that are starting to green up...herds of cows with their calves on their sides. And today I saw in a really green pasture a lone male pheasant just walking along looking for breakfast. It starts my day differently than the freeway run. A bit more introspective maybe, but certainly I do better with solving some of the unique problems I am presented with after a run through the fun way.