Except we couldn't get in the building. The gate was locked with a thick chain and padlock. The guard was nowhere to be seen. "Why is it?" I asked, "That you don't all have keys?" I was curious, since life seemed much more complicated this way.
"I do have keys to our office room inside," said my supervisor, "But out here, it's a question of security."
I hadn't realized that there was supposed to be a guard in the building 24/7. Except at this particular moment, the guard wasn't there. My supervisor was on the phone trying to figure out what was going on. And there was little I could do to be helpful, except wait.
I looked up and saw the most lovely tree.
How could it be that I'd never observed its splendor before?
Admiring this tree, I finally observed that we were standing outside in the midst of a delicious day. It felt good to be waiting on this sidewalk with a big blue sky overhead. Instead of pointing out this revelation to my supervisor and interrupting her phone conversation, I contained myself by taking a couple of photos.
A few minutes later the doorman arrived, walking down the sidewalk towards us, apologizing: "Sorry, I just stepped out for a quick cup of coffee at home."
We left the sunshine outside and went inside to our work.
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