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my day's lesson (maybe yours too)
some days you just wonder why on earth you get out of bed. everything seems to go wrong......but have you ever noticed that on those days, god sends something or someone into your life to snap you back out of yourself?
today was CRAZY. i teach 6 year olds...they were bonkers. my work feels like it is totally piling up. my fiance is STILL out of town. ran into a huge glitch with the wedding plans (but that is getting worked out).
after work, i had to stop by a little cosmetic store to pick up some samples of something i wanted to try. while there, i started a conversation with the owner and one thing led to another and before you know it, i was in "the chair" being treated with all kinds of thises and thats.
in talking to her, she explained that she used to work in the health field. so of course i asked "so what brought you to cosmetics?"
she slid the top of her shirt over and showed me 2 huge scars on the top of her breast. she said, "i was diagnosed with breast cancer in '04. this is where the lump was removed and this is where my pump line used to run. now that i have a new lease on life, i just wanted to do something to help other women feel pretty and good about themselves."
WOW. kind of puts things into perspective now doesn't it? and i was feeling sorry for myself because some little something in my day was not going my way. here is a woman who has been to heck and back...and SHE is doing something kind for OTHERS.
it is so easy for us to get wrapped up in our own daily happenings. some really are huge and overwhelming but most are quite small, simply made big by our own impatience and frustrations.
the next time you feel overwhelmed or stressed by things that really are just "small potatoes"....please think of my new friend (yeah, i'll be going back!) and the DIFFERENCE she has made....the difference she made in my life today....and maybe in YOURS! it takes great courage to share stories of pain. listen when you can. you yourself...make it a point to BE SOMEONE WHO MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS
night night....sleep tight!
today was CRAZY. i teach 6 year olds...they were bonkers. my work feels like it is totally piling up. my fiance is STILL out of town. ran into a huge glitch with the wedding plans (but that is getting worked out).
after work, i had to stop by a little cosmetic store to pick up some samples of something i wanted to try. while there, i started a conversation with the owner and one thing led to another and before you know it, i was in "the chair" being treated with all kinds of thises and thats.
in talking to her, she explained that she used to work in the health field. so of course i asked "so what brought you to cosmetics?"
she slid the top of her shirt over and showed me 2 huge scars on the top of her breast. she said, "i was diagnosed with breast cancer in '04. this is where the lump was removed and this is where my pump line used to run. now that i have a new lease on life, i just wanted to do something to help other women feel pretty and good about themselves."
WOW. kind of puts things into perspective now doesn't it? and i was feeling sorry for myself because some little something in my day was not going my way. here is a woman who has been to heck and back...and SHE is doing something kind for OTHERS.
it is so easy for us to get wrapped up in our own daily happenings. some really are huge and overwhelming but most are quite small, simply made big by our own impatience and frustrations.
the next time you feel overwhelmed or stressed by things that really are just "small potatoes"....please think of my new friend (yeah, i'll be going back!) and the DIFFERENCE she has made....the difference she made in my life today....and maybe in YOURS! it takes great courage to share stories of pain. listen when you can. you yourself...make it a point to BE SOMEONE WHO MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS
night night....sleep tight!
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