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I’ve been at the firm for a year now, and I still see Elena occasionally in the hallways, always with that same dragonfly brooch catching the light. She’s doing much better now, and we always share a small knowing smile about “finding” things on the street that change lives. Margaret has become more than a CEO to me—she’s a mentor who pushes me to lead with empathy as much as logic, even when the pressure builds. My life changed in twenty minutes because I decided that a stranger’s crisis was more important than my own punctuality. It turns out that when you stop obsessing over the clock, the universe has a strange way of making sure you arrive exactly where you’re meant to be.
