Last week, I shared how to survive if you fall the the ice (or face any major crisis). My post generated a few emails from concerned friends. I am so thankful for this circle of support. 2018 in general has been a year of many significant ups and downs. It would be so easy to say, “I’ll be thankful when this year is over and I can move on.” But the reality is that each difficulty has revealed a multitude of blessings. I would not give those up just to not experience that pain that came, too.
I wanted to share my journey and experience because our personal lives are not separate from our work lives. We just have ‘life’. When I am focused on all that is not going well, I miss the lessons and the blessings. I find that working and thinking to be impossible. To put it bluntly, my productivity diminishes. So last night, I purchased a pack of thank you note cards with the intent to thank each of the challenges I have experienced recently. One of the major challenges was in acquiring a service dog for my son. Here is the note I wrote to this challenge: Thank you so much for the tremendous blessing you have given us. Two weeks ago we sent you a payment, you accepted that payment and sent us a notice on that same day to let us know that your facility would be closing. A week later we received notice of your bankruptcy. I couldn’t have imagined in that moment the blessings that would come from your actions. Actions that seemed negligent and extremely hurtful, even criminal. Two weeks later though, the gifts are coming in more quickly than the pain and shock of that email. In two short weeks, this is what we have received that is even better than what we could have imagined:
From just one challenge, we received no less than seven major blessings. What challenges are you facing today, that are blessings in disguise? I encourage you to thank each one of them. Share in the comments how this exercise affected you.
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Ellen Delap
12/6/2018 09:34:30 am
Thank you for sharing the challenges that bring us blessings. It takes some practice to think about a new perspective. I am grateful to have this be a part of my day today and think forward about these kinds of "blessings in disguise."
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12/7/2018 11:31:06 am
I am so glad to hear, Ellen. It does take practice but thankfully, we can just take the first step to begin :-)
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