“Rapido es Happy!”
Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Let me introduce you to David. He’s one of the janitors who works in our office.
This guy is amazing, really.
I first met him a few weeks ago…I couldn’t help but notice him!
That’s because one evening I was startled when I heard our front door burst open, and then heard a rapidly rolling trash bin and 
keys jingling loudly rushing toward my open office door–I was immediately in the state of “fight or flight” because I actually thought someone was being chased through our office!
Before I could get out of my chair to defend myself, David-the-Janitor ran by my office pushing his trash-bin-on-wheels.
That’s right, he literally runs through our office, from cubicle to cubicle, emptying our trash bins!
For the next week I watched him run around the office, doing his job as if the world depended on him to get it done.
Honestly, I was inspired.
How often do we drag through our daily responsibilities or trudge through life without passion or energy?
Finally, one evening I invited him into my office to take a break…I proceeded to utterly confuse him with my terribly broken Spanish. But we managed a basic conversation.
After we got acquainted, I asked him if he ran like this through the entire building and he said, “Si!”.
I asked him if his boss was the devil or something and he said, “No!”
So I said, “Then why do you run, David?”
He replied, “Rapido es Happy y slow es Sleepy!
Wow. Here’s a guy who does something basic, something a lot of us would probably complain about…and he’s found one of the great keys to happiness…
Work hard, work rapidly, and take pride in whatever it is you do–and be happy.
Thanks, David!
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