Have You Ever Had One of Those Weeks?

It started out with this great job offer. I am always looking at ways to increase the amount of cash so that things “flow” more easily from pocket to bills. This job sounded perfect. I breezed through the first interview – and was all ready for the second.

Everything went wrong! The kicker was a woman who worked at the place where I was applying. I was looking for a parking place and saw her walking out. She walked right past my car. I waited – no movement. So, I moved up and raised my hands asking if she was moving. She signed that she was not leaving. OK. But when I went into the interview, the man interviewing me asked why I had given “the finger” to his employee? OMG, no way did I do such a thing! How could she have seen my asking her if she was moving a “the finger?” However, the damage was done. She has worked for the company for six years – my profuse apologies for the misconstrued hand gesture fell on deaf ears. Friday I received the call that – they just didn’t think I would be a “good fit.”

I was angry – mad – frustrated. However, not long after I received my sad news, I got a call from my son in California. He wanted to share with me the wonderful news that he had just been offered a fabulous job offer. Wow!!! I so needed that. I told him about what happened to me – and sometimes – you know – that kid who has lived 25 years less than me – has a lot of wisdom.

He said, “You are better off – you wouldn’t want to work for a place like that.” And he is right. How come I didn’t think of that?

He reminded me that where you work and who your work with is a lot more important than the money you take home. Oh yah, I knew that – how come I didn’t think of that?

So, I was reminded to feel gratitude. Oh yah – gratitude – that is something else I often forget to have.

I realized that it has been a long time since I wrote in my “gratitude journal.” I will often go to bed and recount those things I have gratitude for – but you know what – writing them down is a lot more powerful. It also gives me something to look at when those “bad weeks” hit.

So, what do you have gratitude for? OK, I know you say “a lot” but do you really think about it and send a thank you to the angels? If you haven’t done it already, start a gratitude journal. It may be the same things day after day – but that’s OK.

Let’s start here. Share with others – share with the angels – what do you have gratitude for? You may spark something in someone else – “Oh yah – I have gratitude for that, too.”