Listening for the Answers

Ooooh, the devil is trying to get me today, yall.

I was in a perfectly good mood this morning. I came in to work this morning, smiling, prepared for my 8:30 meeting with one of my company's chief officers, and it went pretty well. Got back upstairs and not five minutes later, the bullshit began.

I swear, I cannot stand for somebody to just not want you to tell them nothing. Its usually the ones who, themselves, are in some kind of attitudical space at that moment who always wanna get all defensive when you try to keep them from doing something wrong. You wanna get an attitude with me cause you THINK you know what you're talking about, and you clearly don't? Fine, do it your way. I am not going to let you aggravate my spirit today. I'm just not.

Every time you put a smile on your face, walk upright and start to see your way through some smoke, the devil comes thru and tries to snatch it back. Well you can kiss my ass, devil LOL, cause I'm not buying into your crap today!

But I have to say this is the second or third time an attempt on my contentment has opened my eyes to a situation from a different perspective. In this instance, I have been contemplating a change of career direction for quite some time, and initially I thought that change would consist of me leaving my current field completely. Today I had a little insight into some other possibilities, and I think I could potentially do very well staying in my industry, and changing streams within it.

My company just purchased another very large and reputable company, which, over the next few months, is going to open a number of new positions in various capacities, nationwide. Aside from those, positions are also going to become available locally that I could transition into. Any of these would allow me more upward mobility than I had ever entertained here previously, having expected to be vacating the business altogether very soon. When I put it all together with other little pieces of my personal life that have shifted of late, I am starting to think that's the route I am supposed to take.

Its funny when you pray for direction: the answer might be totally different than you expect it to be, and if you're not listening carefully, you might miss it. The key is not having tunnel vision - just be vigilant and open yourself up to receive whatever message you get, without expectation - and then when you get that message, you have to be willing to take the necessary steps, even if those steps are new and uncertain. Security can be confining - you'll never discover new oceans if you're afraid to leave the shore.