A Room of Brilliant Minds

Hi, my name is Sarah and I'm a blogger.

Let's get that out of the way, before I divulge in things that probably should be kept in a journal, in a safe place... But what the heck! It's 2015; privacy is nothing but an empty promise. And trust me; my journal is significantly worse; and raw. We'll keep that puppy behind closed doors. But here, I can choose which tidbits to share! ;) You're welcome.

So I'm in this new career as of late. One that's a whirlwind of information and being able to sell ice cubes to Eskimos; if you catch my drift.

Usually the people that read my blog are a hop, skip and a jump away.... So I can write about my personal life without the inevitable eye rolls the next morning. I think I have a few eyes that I'm going to see at work tomorrow, though.

I digress..

I've realized over the past few weeks that we are always sitting in a room of brilliant minds. We often find ourselves with tunnel vision to the monotony of our daily tasks, and overlook the brilliance that's right in front of our noses.

I'm learning to live with eyes wide open. To sit in a room with no windows and air conditioning that works better than I love, and realize that each person has overwhelming amounts of knowledge tucked away. Knowledge that I crave.

The people surrounding you have things you need; things you can learn from. They can teach you to have discipline to teach, humor to connect, to nurture and protect, and be down to earth to learn and grow.

Someone you know has the patience of a saint. Someone you know has the sense of humor to make your stomach ache from laughter. Someone you know has astounding musical talents and endless information. Someone you know has the heart of a warrior. Someone you know has the nurturing kindness of a mother. Someone you know has countless stories to tell and a welcoming charisma. Someone you know never gives up and is endlessly supportive. Someone you know is quirky and weird and outrageously relatable. Someone you know is independent and faithful. Someone you know is athletic, quick-witted and the friend I'd love to have.

We coast through life and don't see each other's strengths.

Maybe I'm just speaking to myself and this iPhone notepad, but I forget to recognize the greatness in others all too often. The greatness that I want to see in myself. I forget to seek out and make note of the traits in others that I can learn from.

So today, I'm going to recognize the brilliance in each room. I'm going to recognize the givers, lovers and fighters surrounding me.

I'm going to enter a room expecting greatness, and if I can't see it, I'll look harder.

But most of all, I'm going to BE that greatness in a room of brilliant minds. I'm going to be the person I'd like to know and the friend I'd love to have. I hope you choose to, too.