is that you have to make choices, and deal with their results, which are often different than you imagined. When I was younger, I did not voice my thoughts. That led to lots of bottled up anger and resentment. Now that I am older, I speak my mind. Although there's no longer that emotional turmoil, I now have to deal the consequences of speaking up.
For me, speaking up is the road less taken, and I often forget that you have to be strong to weather the effects of that. For example, I am working on an assignment to recruit co-champions for my community project. So far, I have gotten three "no's", along with two dissertations to go along with that. Its times like this, that I have to remind myself to "wax on, and wax off" so I can move on.
This is eerily similar to how I feel about my job search situation - getting to that yes, or that job offer. Although I have to say, I don't know if getting that job will make me happy. Its what I have been focused on, but who knows. As I learned, a job doesn't make people happy.
I think growing up is to be comfortable with the uncomfortable. Yeah, life is not how I envisioned it to be, but that's fine. After all, perfection, along with happiness, is a state of mind.
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