I guess we all receive e-mails with inspiring messages. At least we women get quite a few of these. My friends know not to send me e-mails that have to be forwarded and if they do that by mistake I take the forwarding part off. I think we can all decide for ourselves whether we need to share things. I really don’t like to be threatened with going to hell or destroying a child because I fail to send things along. Our company actually had a policy against chain letters which I totally support. Plus it’s kind of creepy. Oh my God I have twenty seconds to send this to 12 of my best girlfriends…
One of these e-mails I received is kind of cool. It included many uplifting and truthful nuggets of wisdom. My friend who sent it to me asked which one I related to and she guessed perfectly. Here it is:
“No matter how you feel, get up, get dressed and show up.”
That my basic philosophy. Many a morning I would love to roll over and go back to sleep even though I love my job. Perhaps it’s the basic wish for freedom to do what we want. Freedom can be vastly overrated. There is a song that says, “Freedom means nothing left to lose”. If you’re totally free, you have no attachments and I wouldn’t like that. I am attached to everything, my job, my employees, my friends and ultimately my family.
So I get up, get dressed and show up. People are given the impression that they have enjoy everything they do and that’s nonsense. There are no jobs or relationships that don’t include some crap or at least some boredom. If everything was exciting, how would be able to tell the difference. It’s like being happy. If you were always happy then being happy wouldn’t be special. I guess that why when people are super rich and can have every material thing they want, it’s no fun anymore because it’s not special.
The truth is most people don’t care how you feel. You can stop taking yourself so seriously because nobody else does.
Plus if you don’t show up you may miss a terrific opportunity. Open your heart and your mind, be present in your own life.
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Hey, Thats a wonderful message.
u r right, if we dont show up, we might miss a terrific opportunity.
I am in Sales, and I can relate to it very much. If I dont show up at my customer’s places, I might not be able to know their queries for more business, and I might loose that opportunity.
And I believe this advice goes right in a lot of things in our life.
very well written! i shall share this article to family and friends! Godspeed
Mama Mia, thanks for the positive feedback, it encourages me to continue to share. I have been in some rather difficult times and rather than over analyze either the situation or my feelings I put one foot in front of the other and deal with the feelings once the crisis is over.