Do either of you ever find yourself engaging in a behavior that you cannot tolerate in others. I do. Unfortunately rather more often than I care to admit. Lately it has been whining...yep, throwing my own personal pity party. How can I get so caught up in the day to day grind that I fail to see how truely blessed I am? Somehow I manage to though, with frightening regularity. Things have been rather tough at work and instead of seeing it as a challange and an opportunity to grow I have just been feeling oh so sorry for myself. I should be ashamed...and I am. I have taken on the responsibility of the Diabetic Treatment Center and while it does increase my work load it has really been such a priviledge to work with the ladies in the department (who are truly an amazing group). Plus it has opened up a whole new clinical field for me to immerse myself in and learn about which I truly enjoy. Another area of my job I have been allowing to stress me out is the task of covering House in rotation with the Nurse Managers. Wow, what an eye opener. Once again I have only been dewlling on the negative aspects of this new role. It is totally different from what I usually do. It is hard not to worry about every little decision I make. It is a job in which you are so sledom able to please everyone (that part is very hard for me). But if I put all that aside and look at what this experience has truly done for me the positive far outweigh the negative. I have learned a whole new side of the hospital. I have been able to work more closely with some of the amazing nurses we have at the hospital. And most of all I have really grown as a manager.
How can I go though life with all the blessings God has poured out on me and still manage to feel sorry for myself? I have a really great job where I work with wonderful people. I have the most amazing husband in the world. I have a sweet loving daughter. I have a warm comfortable home. I live in a country where I am free to worship God openly. And while I did not grow-up with sisters who share my blood, as an adult I have been blessed with two beautiful sisters of the heart.
So next time you ladies hear me start to whine about how tough I have it just say, "Suck it up and count your blessings."
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Oh well, I forgot to run spell-check...sorry.
ReplyDeleteIt's funny I was thinking the same thing. What in the world do I have to whine about? I get sucked into all the nitpickings of daily life and do the same thing.
ReplyDelete“I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do, but what I hate I do.” Romans 7:15 (NIV)