I just returned from surgery. It was the 61st operation funded by the Dr.Mani Children Heart Foundation. The patient was a 2 year old baby, who weighed just 9 kilos. The surgery lasted 4 hours. Everything else faded into the background.
Two days earlier, I spent all day and night blogging and on Twitter in the Heart Kids Blogathon and Tweetathon. It’s a controlled frenzy of activity that lasts all round the clock… no breaks, for 24 hours. There was no time for anything else.
People often ask me how I manage to tackle so many tasks, projects, activities – and get them done. The answer is ‘Focus’.
But there’s something else that makes it joyous, delightful and fun…
Getting in the zone.
- Ask a musician who’s playing his favorite piece.
- Ask the writer who’s in between blocks, penning lovely, flowing verses.
- Ask the sportsman who just hit his stride and is humming along ‘on song’.
They’re all in the zone.
It’s a magical time. It may last 15 seconds, or 15 minutes, or 15 hours. Time just stands still, in a sense, as you’re completely immersed, involved, engaged in what you do.
It’s at times like this that I live – intensely.
And when these magical moments are tied in with something special, fulfilling and important – like helping a child live – I feel eternally grateful for all that I have and am.
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