Happy positive Thursday dreamers!
As you’re reading this, remember it’s coming from my perspective Wednesday night. I left work an hour early to beat traffic – and arrived home three hours and thirty minutes later.
Talk about commuting!
The trip isn’t usually that long, but was especially crazy because President Obama is in San Francisco speaking and traveling the city.
I am in full support of this; except all bus routes were backed up, all streets were packed with traffic, all cars
were bumper-to-bumper.
It took twenty minutes to get from Folsom and 5th to Folsom and 2nd in San Francisco.
Talk about frustrating!
Although the trip was a little long and a little annoying, it got me thinking about traffic jams, road blocks, setbacks. Literally and figuratively, of course.
Last week in my post, Positive Thursday: Trust in Yourself, Others and Your Dream, I blogged about the importance of TRUST.
I wrote:
You will never be 100% absolutely, positively certain about the future. Even if you plan, research, strategize, analyze and organize something to happen, it might not happen. Things might not go exactly according to your plan.
Along those lines, we will never be 100% absolutely, positively certain about the present. I tracked my commute online before I left work to make sure I was at the bus stop on time and mapped what time I would arrive home. Did that happen? No. Setbacks happen. Roadblocks happen.
This Lee Majors quote comes to mind:
I’ve had disappointments and heartbreaks and setbacks and roles I didn’t get, but something always came along that either made me better or was an even better role.
True THAT Lee! It’s important to maintain perspective when faced with dilemmas, road blocks and setbacks. Sometimes these situations happen; but we have the conscious choice to make. We can sit, complain and pout or we can take the higher path.
One thing I know for sure is that I will NEVER complain about commuting two hours again because I know how it feels to commute for 3.5 hours. Without pestering setbacks and roadblocks, we wouldn’t be able to embrace quick trips. Without challenges, we wouldn’t be able to enjoy opportunities.
Without winter, we wouldn’t enjoy spring.
Each and every one of us will face challenges. We will all have annoying days. It’s vital to remember that sometimes – these things can be unplanned.
They come when we least expect them and when we DEFINITELY don’t want them to.
Try to remember this: The right place often seems like the wrong place, and the right time often seems like the wrong time.
What’s important is that we realize these setbacks in day-to-day life are temporary. Temporary can mean three hours, three days, three months, three years. It just depends. As you are pursuing your dreams, roadblocks will happen.
Don’t let the setbacks and roadblocks define you or weaken you.
My commute was annoying, but I can still sit here and say I had a good day and I will have a good night. These things just make the ride a little more bumpy. That doesn’t mean it’s not enjoyable.
May today be the day you let your setbacks, challenges and traffic jams overwhelm you.
May today be the day you don’t complain about roadblocks, but view them as an opportunity to enjoy something better!
May today the day you embrace spring in the midst of your winter.
Until next Thursday,
Andi
PS: I’m working on strengthening and branding my blog Polish My Crown more lately. The blog is in the process of a redesign as well. This is a dream in progress and I would appreciate you guys reading my posts over there, commenting and sending me your feedback! How have you built your own blog? What suggestions do you have for me? Thanks! xoxo
Andrea’s dream is to graduate college from Ohio University in spring 2011, to find a job that allows her to utilize her public relations education and skills; to launch her own personal website www.polish-my-crown.com; and to become a certified life coach and motivational speaker.
Andrea completed 3 dreams in her 15 months with 8 Women Dream and rotated off the site in March of 2012. You can now find her at her personal websites Polish My Crown and Positive Thursdays.
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TERRY
