Go sit in the corner

Time out. Go sit in the corner.

I still feel the sting of hearing my Mom say that.

I don’t need to sit in any corner.

Time out was a punishment. It’s no wonder we try to push through everything: we don’t have time for time out. Time out suggests we’re not in control.

Sitting in the corner is good medicine for the insanity of our lives and world. Our negative reaction to it is a hand-me-down from our past. We never want to be told time out.

From Presidents, to gardeners, priests, hairdressers, lawyers, and everyone else, sitting in a corner should be seen as the key to wisdom and success, not a punishment! Sitting in a corner should never have been a punishment, the (nearly) last resort to behavioral excess. We should have been told that regular visits to the corner are the solution. We need time out. We need the corner. The corner is the place where we realign who we are and what we want. That is a gift.

There’s a lot of us who are hanging by a thread. Time out can help. We need to step back, clear the deck, brush away the cobwebs, and cease digging our way ever deeper into the chasm of modern life.

The only thing that’s better?

Someone joining you in the corner without judgment and platitudes. Entering the corner office with silence, forgivness, and hope. I hope you find someone to join you there.

Let me know what you think!

Mike