I once worked for a manager that was well-credentialed on paper, but she had some quirks.  Every day on her lunch hour, she shut the door to her office, closed the blinds, turned out the lights, crossed her legs…and just sat there.  This was her private time, but her quirk irritated our director.  It happened several times and my director asked me to find out why this manager did this.

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My response was, “What does it matter?”  But one day, I dutifully just asked this woman why she sat in the dark during her lunch hour.  Her answer surprised me when she said, “I do it because it centers me.” And of course, the director quizzed me again and I told him.  His response was that he couldn’t work with someone that has to center herself in a dark office, and he stated he would fire her!

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He then asked, “Debbie, have you ever centered yourself?”  And my answer was, “Well…maybe not in the same way, but that’s what happens when I go to God in prayer and read the Word, every single time.  And it’s because doing this keeps me aware that I’m connected to God and that keeps me in perspective of who I am and whose I am.”  And then I left his office.

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The very next week, the lady that sat in the dark resigned…out of the blue. She realized the company philosophy didn’t align with hers, she found another position elsewhere, and she was leaving in two weeks! And yes, my boss was ecstatic.  He also never let go of the line she used about centering herself and talked about it for years!