Suzanne Mercier - Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Life throws challenges at us - it doesn't matter who we are. We may handle those challenges by going into victim mode or playing out high drama or we may see those challenges simply as information that we can learn from and respond to.
Now, this might not sound like a huge problem to you, but this morning I lost my diary. I have tried running an electronic diary - I just don't connect to it. I don't remember what I have on. I can't see it. in my mind's eye. On the other hand, when I write something into my diary, I have a visual memory of it and I then don't need to refer to my diary to see what I have on. (And yes, I'm a baby boomer with limited technical expertise). With my old-fashioned diary, I feel more in control of my life. Plus, my diary has all my access codes (in code of course) for all the different accounts we have these days. So, one of the lessons I got from the missing diary is that I need a list of all my access codes in another location so I don't get caught out.
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At one stage, I would have gone into a complete tizz about it, panicking
about how I was going to track down all the appointments beyond the
next two weeks. It is a measure of the miles these feet have walked
that I was incredibly calm. I made my list of the places I had been -
called and either spoke with people or left messages. No luck. Yet, I
am still calm - I believe it will be returned to me.
When I thought of the episode (and a few others that have occurred over
the past few weeks in the context of life throwing challenges ...) I
remembered a fabulous cartoon from Hugh Macleod of Gaping Void. I thought I'd
share it (and him) with you. His messages are simple and incredibly powerful.
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So, the next time life throws a challenge at you, use it as an opportunity to remember that you are so much more than you might think at times and that these are simply opportunities to correct your bearings on this amazing journey of ours.
What do you think? I'd love to know.
All the very best
Suzanne
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