No lesson to be learned.
I wanted to announce this
straight off the bat in case you were dying to know. It seems only right to be forthright.
Today was fine. No issues.
Things at work went pretty smooth (still hectic but smooth). Everyone was generally in a good mood because
after all it’s the day before a holiday and this usually means early
dismissal. This proves that all of us adults
have a bit of childishness in us because as soon as we are made aware that we
can leave by 3, the intellectual parts of our brains shut off while the kid within
starts jumping up and down clapping with glee.
My company is sly though. The HR
Manager and my boss didn’t come by to tell us that we could leave until about
2:30ish guaranteeing that they received the maximum amount of work product that
they could squeeze out of us. Evil
geniuses.
And boy o boy, did the office
clear out. Like one minute we were all
chillaxing in the common area and the next, crickets. I, unfortunately, stood outside my office
confused. K, my super boss, saw the
expression on my face and inquired. I
told him that I have work to do. So the
smartbutt says in a voice that practically dripped condescension (good humored
still), “you have internet at home, right?”
Yea, yea, I got it.
I left after grabbing my
belongings, not having to be told twice.
The unfortunate part has been that I’ve been firmly parked at my
computer since coming home, still responding to clients and working on
deliverables that are due today. I could
get depressed about this but it could be worse and I could be at work
itself. Shoot, I’m not going to look a
gift horse in the mouth (in case you ever wondered, much like myself, where
this particular phrase came from, check this out…warning I’m about to drop a
knowledge bomb on you…http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/don't_look_a_gift_horse_in_the_mouth,
and you’re welcome, too.)
Moving right along, so I was
sitting here drafting this entry and it hit me, I’m wrong. I did learn something after all. Here it is:
Gratefulness
What am I grateful for? Obviously there’s the regular stuff…health,
wealth, a home, a job, my family and loved ones, blah, blah, blah. I’ve written about these things at length and
many, many times no less. These
blessings I am grateful for all the time but sometimes I need prompting to
sufficiently remember.
Here’s what reminded me
today:
A colleague was sent home…on
a perm basis. One minute he had a job,
the next, nothing. The company had reasons;
I do not need to go into that. Nor will I
speak ill of the person in question. He was
a good guy and I legit liked him. He
always had a nice thing to say to me, always made me laugh and always lent a
hand when I needed it. He had (has) a
fantastic sense of humor that’s so deadpan that I could totally relate. Maybe though, he made some poor choices that
caught up to him, maybe he needed to be let go so he could get himself together...I
don’t know and frankly I don’t care. I
choose to remember him as a fairly cool guy…period. Hopefully he learned a lesson, I pray to
Allah (swt) for him and his future success.
But as I sit here secure in
my own employment (Alhamdulillah) and bright future (Inshallah) with a company
that I honestly love (once again Alhamdulillah) and a new profession that I am
embracing fully, I can’t help but remind myself that I need to thank Allah
(swt) every single day.
Having suffered the harshness
of being unemployed before, I can most certainly sympathize with his
anger/pain/fear. I remember only too
well how I felt, what I went through and more importantly, how depressed I
became, worse off for him though, this came just before a holiday, so he has 3
days in which to feel like…crap. I’m not
assuming this is how he will feel, I know.
Again, I’ve been there.
So yes, the lesson is to be
grateful even more for all that God has bestowed upon me and quit griping about
the small things such as too much work, bad commuting traffic, crappy coffee
(hey right now, I’d be super thankful if I could have any sort of coffee at all!),
etc.
Truth: my very life is a gift. Every morning I get up, is a special gift
from God to me. And every moment that I
still have my family and friends surrounding me are a present from the Almighty
because the awful fact is, anything can happen to anyone at any time. If I can remember this, even when I’m at my
wits end, I think I can get by and possibly be a better person for it.
Okay I’m off. Not sure if I’ll have much of an interest to
post anything over the holiday (for those who do not reside in the USA, it’s
the 4th of July, Independence Day…wait, did I already mention this?). I mean hopefully I’ll be doing something fun
(but knowing me, probably not). ßThere’s
my excuse so when I show back up with the next entry after missing several days,
you won’t wonder what happened, nor will I have to explain myself.
Win win!
Happy 4th y’all!!!!! May Allah (swt) Bless America!!!
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