I’m staring at the cubicle walls in my office for the first time in a long time, and I’m looking at all of the artifacts I’ve hung up over the past year.
There’s a framed, college degree, a photo of my wife, Sarah, and I, and there’s a block of wood with praying hands carved into it done by my grandfather.
On another wall, there’s a magnet from New Zealand, a Landshark bottle opener and a Harry Potter magnet that my friend sent me from a trip to Florida a few years back. It’s holding a productivity schedule.
As you swing to the other wall, computer monitors hang with matchbox drawings taped to them. Each drawing depicts a different camping scene, one with men fishing out of a canoe and the other one with a family sitting around a campfire.
I suppose I’ve hung these things up to provide an atmosphere of serenity. Something to represent me and who I am in a massive building filled with other people and things that represent each of them.
We hang things in our homes, in our cars and all around us, and all of those things say something.
They tell a story.
-Cliff
Cliff’s Note: Take notice of the things around you and ask about the stories they tell.