"Where you are is not who you are. Yours truly, Circumstances."
~Me
Does anyone else dread getting back to work after missing a few days?
It's great to have a break, but the work goes on, and you have to come back to catch up. I noticed this week after returning from a day off that I had a cloud hanging over me for much of the day. It began with the very first email I received and grew darker around lunchtime. I found myself feeling a little frantic and disconcerted. Would I really be able to accomplish what was needed to right this queasy feeling in the pit of my stomach?
And then, I had a meltdown on my husband over a silly comment regarding my driving...
I stomped into the sandwich shop ahead of him and encountered a long line. Of course. I found myself saying in my head, "Geez, what a lame set of circumstances I'm encountering today!" And then it hit me, as insight often does if we are listening. These clouds, these circumstances, were just temporary. Whether by the passing of time or the expression of action, they would soon be gone.
Circumstances are not 'life sentences,' they are punctuation marks.
Our circumstances are like a comma or a semi-colon, or even an exclamation mark - placed in our lives due to a change in direction of some kind. They are intentioned to get our attention, and they will whether we like it or not.
The key, as always, is how we respond.
Do we roll up into a ball and wait for the storm to pass?
Do we tense up our shoulders and grit our teeth?
Or, do we acknowledge them, deal with them, and wave goodbye?
Cheers.
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