After the Rain

"The sun always comes out!"

The past month has been a very trying one for me. I knew that things would be difficult but I was not ready!  I mean completely caught off guard!  As if things couldn't get any worse off than they alreay had been, on Thursday they did.  When my friend called to get an update on a very stressful situation, I made a reference, "Man, when it rains......it pours!"  My friend's reaction was..."yeah, but after all that rain the sun always comes out!"  If that was not what I needed to hear right then.  I met a couple of new people this week at a friend's house and as we were getting to know each other, it appeared the common theme was how much everyone hated their jobs and all the stress that comes along with it.  One of the girls started telling us how she's training for a new position at her job, but it feels as though the trainer just picks on her all day.  Then someone said, "your job is not going to be easy....you are going to have people coming at you from all directions and some not nice, they are just testing you to see if you can handle the job!  Show them you can!"  Lightbulb!!!!!!  That's what I'm dealing with right now!  What I had to realize is that I must go through these hard times.  Feeling like it can't get worse seems to ignite the fuel most times.  All of sudden I must do this....or that's not going to happen.  It's almost like Whoever is calling the shots is standing over my bed while I'm napping holding a bucket of ice water, getting a kick out of shocking me back to reality!  This is the career path that I chose and I knew it wouldn't be easy.  These obstacles are getting me ready......This is just boot camp!

To my friend, Thank you for knowing just what to say but importantly having such a big heart !!