While I have been on hiatus from the blog, I have taken it upon myself to enjoy my surroundings. I don’t think I can say enough of how gorgeous the windy city is in the summer time. I have lived in the Chi for almost 4 years and just this summer I was taken by how beautiful the lakefront is, how much there is to do, I have attended countless amazing performances most of them free. Talk about not taking time to smell the roses, where have I been for 3 years? Just thinking about it makes me shiver, that a person can exist yet not be present. Wow. All of this was here before, yet I feel like I’m experiencing it for the first time. I was so preoccupied with the craziness of my life that it clouded my vision in more ways than one.
Please take the time to smell the roses today. Leave the crazy in your life to be just that and celebrate the beauty in your life.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Thursday, September 13, 2007
I'm back
I could try and put in words what I’m feeling right now, but I doubt any would work. My mom always said that a change is as good as a rest. She was right. Even though I took a mini vacation after quitting my previous position, nothing compares to the satisfaction I get from being at my current one.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s busy, very busy. I just swallow my lunch most days. There is always stuff to do, meetings to go to, fires to put out. I feel important here, like I’m given the opportunity to use my brain, figure stuff out. It’s been scary but it’s also pushed me to the next level, where I doubted my abilities, I’ve been able to prove myself wrong and just as importantly, I am improving on areas where I suck. I’m glad my boss feels like they can rely on me. In the past just 3 weeks I’ve conducted meetings, updated clients on projects, done presentations for clients, I was given the liberty to design a newsletter.. I am loving this! All my fears about it being rigid and the commute and new co-workers and..all past tense. It’s amazing how we can push ourselves in a corner. I’m glad I didn’t stay there.
Ok, so it’s just not my job that is making me happy. I feel like my life finally took off from a year of fear and unknown to greatness. A lot of good things have happened this summer. I sometimes have to pinch myself just to make sure that I’m not dreaming. My family was struggling to finish up a project and they finally did. My lil man is so grown up, he cracks me up everyday. I’m surrounded by such loving people. The weather has been great. Can you say bbqs ! Just going to the lake and looking at the water gives me so much to be thankful for. And… drum roll…I have met an exceptional and phenomenal man. Yes, he is all that. I feel very blessed. I don’t feel rushed. I don’t feel the pressure. I am very sure of myself. I am myself. I feel loved. What more could I ask for? This is a true testament as to how God works, and for all who are struggling that things do turn around. Like Yolanda Adams would say, “If he did it for me, he can do it for you”.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s busy, very busy. I just swallow my lunch most days. There is always stuff to do, meetings to go to, fires to put out. I feel important here, like I’m given the opportunity to use my brain, figure stuff out. It’s been scary but it’s also pushed me to the next level, where I doubted my abilities, I’ve been able to prove myself wrong and just as importantly, I am improving on areas where I suck. I’m glad my boss feels like they can rely on me. In the past just 3 weeks I’ve conducted meetings, updated clients on projects, done presentations for clients, I was given the liberty to design a newsletter.. I am loving this! All my fears about it being rigid and the commute and new co-workers and..all past tense. It’s amazing how we can push ourselves in a corner. I’m glad I didn’t stay there.
Ok, so it’s just not my job that is making me happy. I feel like my life finally took off from a year of fear and unknown to greatness. A lot of good things have happened this summer. I sometimes have to pinch myself just to make sure that I’m not dreaming. My family was struggling to finish up a project and they finally did. My lil man is so grown up, he cracks me up everyday. I’m surrounded by such loving people. The weather has been great. Can you say bbqs ! Just going to the lake and looking at the water gives me so much to be thankful for. And… drum roll…I have met an exceptional and phenomenal man. Yes, he is all that. I feel very blessed. I don’t feel rushed. I don’t feel the pressure. I am very sure of myself. I am myself. I feel loved. What more could I ask for? This is a true testament as to how God works, and for all who are struggling that things do turn around. Like Yolanda Adams would say, “If he did it for me, he can do it for you”.
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