Thankful

This was sent to me by someone on an e-mail list I am on. There are a lot of times I take so many things in my life for granted. Although there are a lot of things I wish I had (I won't go down my list of things) but I really need to be thankful for what I have...

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: 'I am blind, please help.' There were only a few coins in the hat.

A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, 'Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?' The man said, 'I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way.' What he had written was: 'Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it.' Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?

Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind. Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective? Moral of the Story: Be thankful for what you have. Be creative. Be innovative. Think differently and positively.Invite others towards good with wisdom. Live life with no excuse and love with no regrets.. When life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1000 reasons to smile. Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear. Keep the faith and drop the fear.

Great men say, 'Life has to be an incessant process of repair and reconstruction, of discarding evil and developing goodness…. In the journey of life, if you want to travel without fear, you must have the ticket of a good conscience.' The most beautiful thing is to see a person smiling…And even more beautiful is, knowing that you are the reason behind it!!!

Valentine's Day

I really am lucky

It seems every time I turn on the TV more and more companies are laying off people. God, I hope this stimulous package that was just passed actually works quickly. The hospital I worked for laid off quite a few people, amazingly enough they started at the top, laying off 4 Vice Presidents then 22 Director positions, then of course they didn't have any work for their assistants and the assistants assistants to do, so they were let go too. More people were let go today...it is really scary.

I was recently moved to a position that I really didn't want, but they said I was the best qualified for it and if I didn't take it one of my coworkers might be let go and I know that they all want to be recruiters one day, but I don't. It's actually a very good job, extremely busy work, lots of responsibility, great boss, great coworkers, still in HR working in benefits and compensation and I am damn lucky to still have a job. I don't know what I would do if I was laid off, there are just no jobs out there and the ones I would be applying for I would be up against hundreds and hundreds of applicants. So to that degree I am happy that I am still working, I am just really going to miss my coworkers that I have now and really miss my Manager. He makes life so much more fun. Oh well, it is kind of strange that I finally went back to my maiden name and then all of a sudden I have a new job now, it's like the universe is telling me that I need a new start in life and change my life completely.

I really do have to give myself a little break. I need to remember that I am just starting out on this and I am bound to make mistakes, it's okay to make mistakes. I have a tough time with that, I feel like I want to be perfect right in the beginning. sigh. Change is scary. I remember when I started in the position I have now, I never thought I would figure it out, and now it's old hat to me. So I just have to take a deep breath and know that eventually I will get it and I'm sure I will grow to love it or at least like it. So like I said, I am grateful that I still have a job with benefits because I know so many others don't right now. I'll stop complaining and being upset over it. There is nothing I can do about it now so I just need to accept it and make it my own and learn as I go.

It is raining snow outside now. Lots of big wet snowflakes, it looks like it's sticking a bit but not too bad. I hope it's an easy commute in the morning...